With over 25 years of advocacy experience, Barbara has significantly increased opportunities for Canadian racialized artists in mainstream media.  She is the founder of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF), Elimin8Hate.org, Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon (MAMM), and Asians in Movies, Music and Media (AIM3).  Barbara is also a writer/filmmaker and previously a broadcast journalist.  She received the 1998 National Radio and Television News Directors’ Association Award for Best Editorial.  Her film Between the Laughter won the 2004 National Film Board’s Reel Diversity Competition.