Romina was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she began her artistic career as a classical dancer. At the early age of 15, she moved to New York City by herself after being selected for the School of American Ballet. She followed with music education at The Juilliard School and intensive acting training at the William Esper Studio, during which she began to be featured in films, TV and commercials.
Her earlier credits include stage performances from Swan Lake and Bach’s Saint Matthew’s Passion (at some of Argentina’s most prestigious venues like Teatro Colon and Teatro Coliseo), to Guys and Dolls (The Juilliard Theater) and A Mass (New York State Theater).
Daughter of a successful Argentinean Actress/Director and an Award-Winning Photographer, Romina developed a passion for visual storytelling at a young age.
In 2014, she made her directorial debut with How a Man Gets Ready (a spec commercial she also wrote, produced and starred in), through which she was selected as one of the top emerging directors of the year at SHOOT Magazine’s 12th Annual New Directors Showcase held in connection with the DGA.
This piece, as well as her next comedy micro-shorts Bad Connections and The Slapper Flapper, went on to screen at venues such as Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theater and New York's Tribeca Screening Room, receiving 23 festival awards and 4 nominations combined.
Romina has been a part of the production team for numerous films and commercials; has participated in various filmmaking panels, i.e. at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. She served as a Judge for the Emmy® Awards, and in 2016 joined NYWIFT (NY Women in Film and Television) with the goal of becoming more involved in the female filmmaker community.
In early 2017, Romina completed The Visit: a psychological drama short she wrote, directed and produced, starring Academy Award® Nominee June Squibb (Nebraska, Palmer) and Sean Maher (Firefly, Serenity).
The Visit received raving reviews both on its Directing and its Original Screenplay; it gained inclusion in 48 film festivals, several of them Oscar® qualifying; and received 14 awards, 16 nominations and 5 special mentions (awards include Best Director, Best Short Film, and Best Overall Festival Film). Upon completing its festival run, The Visit was acquired by ShortsTV.
In 2018, Romina co-wrote, with Argentine Award-Winning Screenwriter Maria Laura Gargarella, the Original (feature) Screenplay for El Primer Sol (recently acquired for production in South America).
In 2019, Romina directed & wrote the Adapted Screenplay for the short comedy Now You See Us: A Coming of (a Certain) Age Story, based on the play Boom by Barbara Miluski. The film was shot in NYC with a mostly-female crew and premiered 10/2020 at the Chelsea Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Award.
Currently in the festival circuit, Now You See Us has screened at numerous festivals of note including Oscar® qualifying St. Louis international, Cinequest and HollyShorts, as well as AFMX, NYWIFT Shorts Festival, Seattle Film Summit, Florence Short Film Festival and many others, collecting multiple awards and nominations, among them Best Short Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Still based in NYC but in uninterrupted contact with her native Argentina, Romina recently released an experimental one-minute film, called Ǝvolution, where she collaborated with Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto. The film has received the Best One-Minute Film Award at both the Buenos Aires International Film Festival and the Feedback Under 5-Minute Film Festival, as well as Best International Film at the Gotta Minute Film Festival in Calgary & Edmonton, Canada. Ǝvolution is screening next at the Liverpool Film Festival, in Liverpool, England.
Romina is currently developing a rom-com feature with Award-Winning Screenwriter James V. Hart (Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Contact, August Rush) and two-time Emmy® Winning Director/Producer Scott Winant (Californication, Breaking Bad, The Thing About Pam).