Her first short film was selected to screen at the Sundance Film Festival’s Gen-Y studio before she had completed her BFA in Film and TV production at NYU Tisch. After earning her degree, she founded Paradocs Productions and began producing and directing documentary works. In 2011, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation honored her with a NACF Artist Fellowship in Film. Support from the foundation allowed Marquez to complete her first full-length documentary film, “E Haku Inoa: To Weave a Name.”