Frances Negrón-Muntaner is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and scholar. She is the recipient of Ford, Truman, Scripps Howard, Rockefeller, and Pew fellowships. She is the editor of three books, Shouting in a Whisper: Latino Poets in Philadelphia; Puerto Rican Jam: Rethinking Nationalism and Colonialism; and None of the Above: Puerto Ricans in the Global Era. She is the author of Anatomy of a Smile and Other Poems and Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture (winner, 2004 CHOICE Award). Among Negrón-Muntaner's films are AIDS in the Barrio, and Brincando el charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican. She is currently completing two documentaries on the relationship between the military and civilians in Guam and Vieques. Negrón-Muntaner is also the founder of Miami Light Project's Filmmakers Workshop, and a founding board member and current chair of NALIP, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. In 2005, she was named as 1 of "100 Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business magazine.