Selena earned her BFA from Wright State University in 2003. With a fellowship grant from the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University, she completed the documentary short Saving Jackie, the profound story of her mother’s battle with drug addiction. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and was an Official Selection at the Cleveland International Film Festival the same year. Selena was awarded an Ohio Arts Council Fellowship Grant for her work with Saving Jackie.