Joan (Ana) Zapata:  

Life I live in Los Angeles, California (since 1989). I'm unmarried ... no children. My work is my life, well, HAS been my life. I am learning to appreciate the world outside of the editing suite. Though politics has always been very important to me, these days my strongest passions revolve around the arts: music, film, art, and most recently, photography. I regularly post digital photos on Flickr.com (member name: "tejana" ... look me up! My photo page also includes an email link). School after graduation I enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin with the intention to get an architecture degree. That lasted 2 semesters ( I hate math)... My second choice was law always with an eye to politics. In my junior year, I was a member of the UT student government on the State Lobby Committee, which put me in regular contact with politicians... Politicians with law degrees. Soon after, I was looking for a new degree plan. I quit school for a year and a half and when I returned I had decided to go to film school. I've never looked back. Workplace I love my work. I'm a digital video and film editor with 30 years experience. I left college for my first professional film and spent the next 6 years working on productions that filmed in Texas. In 1989, I moved to Los Angel...Expand for more