Michalina is an award winning Director and Producer and a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Michalina is also Co-owner operator of the Independent Production Company Independent Artists Collaborative LLC. She began her career in the entertainment industry eleven years ago first as an actress and soon after began Producing. Over the span of eleven years she continued to work as an actress, producer and most recently a Director. In 2003 she was in a film titled Nate Dogg that went on to win best debut feature film at the Raindance film festival in London receiving nice notices including a mention in Time Magazine in Europe in an article titled “Sticking it to the Studios."

As a Producer Michalina has a feature film in Post Production titled Aftermath. Aftermath was Written/Directed and Edited by her mentor Thomas Farone and was Chris Penn's last film. It also stars Tony Danza, Anthony Michael Hall, Frank Whaley, Federico Castelluccio, Jamie Harrold and Elizbeth Rohm. Also as Producer she has three shorts Breaking Up, Boxed In and Four that are doing really well on the film festival circuit.

As a Director Michalina's short DISTRACTIONS was screened nationally on BET and BET-J, She has two short films making their way thru the film festivals. DISTRACTIONS that was selected as one of the Programmers Choice at the Hollywood Black Film Festival. It then went on to win the Grand Jury Award at the Ruff CutZ film festival in Boston, Winner of Best Short at the Trinity Film Coalition in Chicago, official selections at the International Black Film Festival in Nashville, The Woodstock Film Festival, The San Francisco Black Independent Film Festival and the prestigious International Pan African Film Festival in CANNES. Her short FOUR ironically did win four awards at the Edwood Film Festival in 2007.

Michalina's Production Company mentors artists of all walks by offering on-going studies in acting, filmmaking, and the business of show business. In the spirit of collaboration she provides a network of support, information and work to all who are interested. Her company encourages artists to collaborate not compete. In the last year Independent Artists LLC has produced feature films, shorts,music videos and trailers with several projects in development.

She is extemely passionate about all aspects of filmmaking in front of and behind the camera. She brings a joyous spirit, with confidence, passion, calm and the love for collaboration to her work and the world