FRANCESCA PATRÓN (Associate Director) is a director and educator from Los Angeles making her TimeLine debut. She received her BFA degree in Stage and Screen Acting from Azusa Pacific University and is currently an MFA Directing candidate at Northwestern University. Recent directing credits include THE TURN OF THE SCREW, THE CLEAN HOUSE, and ANNICE, A SLAVE at Northwestern, where she is also assistant directing HOW TO KNOW THE WILDFLOWERS: A MAP under Jessica Thebus. She recently received the EPICS grant to study Czech theatre in Prague under Mary Zimmerman. Her film CHECKING IN recently won Best Film from the Huntington Beach Cultural Film Festival and Director’s Choice from the International Poetry Film Festival.