Erika is the Director of Operations of Artifact Pictures. She is a producer and editor, and has edited many independently produced documentaries, as well as projects produced by Discovery, Animal Planet, and TLC. In addition, she has produced many of her own short films using archival and found image and sound, which have shown at a variety of film festivals and cultural venues. Erika has taught documentary production, post-production, and media studies at the Film and Media Arts Department of Temple University, and the Television Department of Columbia College. Erika received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her BA from Vassar College.