Vera’s films, videos, and photographs have been presented at festivals, museums, and galleries in the U.S. and abroad, including the Torino Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, MoMA PS1, San Francisco International Film Festival, and Images Festival. Her first feature, Bella Vista, had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2014, and went on to win her the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 15th San Diego Asian Film Festival. She is a 2015 Fellow with the Center for Asian American Media. In addition to making films, Vera is a writer and educator. Her essays, reviews, and reports have appeared in Sight & Sound, Moving Image Source, Cinema Scope, and Senses of Cinema. She is currently an assistant professor at The Ohio State University.