Biography
Portillo was born in Mexico and raised in the United States. She was first exposed to documentary filmmaking while working for a company that made educational films in Los Angeles. She apprenticed with the National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians in San Francisco, and graduated with an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1985. Thereafter she began her career as a producer and director.
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