She is an eight-time Emmy®-winning director, producer and editor in the Texas region for her work on PBS documentary series, ARTS IN CONTEXT. Her short documentary work includes SEE THE DIRT (Best Short Documentary at Austin Film Festival), and AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE (SXSW Texas Short Jury Winner). Collins is a fellow of Firelight Media Doc Lab, Tribeca Edit Storylab, Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) National Mediamaker Program and NALIP Latino Media Market. She is currently working on her first feature documentary, BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM, with support from the Ford Foundation.