Education
García received her Bachelors at Columbia University, her Masters at University of New York, and her Doctor of Philosophy at University of Puerto Rico.
García received her Bachelors at Columbia University, her Masters at University of New York, and her Doctor of Philosophy at University of Puerto Rico.
She is best known for the short documentary Louisiana Operación (1982) a film which focuses on United States-imposed sterilization policies in Puerto Rico. She has a Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, and a major in Caribbean Literature and Language.She graduated with High Honors. In this documentary, they focus on female sterilization, hence the name “Louisiana Operación.
García is known for how she used influences from former Cuban documentaries to help portray hers.
She used directors with a Cuban background, her soundtrack for the film is Cuban folk songs, she was just doing everything she could to make it a very authentic documentary. In her documentary she interviewed many women to see what they though about the sterilization of one third of the women in Puerto Rico, mostly Afro-Puerto Rican women.