After studying film production at the University of Iowa, Susana Darwin dedicated more than 20 years to educational/reference publishing, the law, and community organizing before returning to film. "Hatboxes" (narrative short, 2012) and "For the World" (documentary short, 2016) represent both her commitment to compelling storytelling and to a discipline of scale and scope. A Chicago expat, Darwin is a Southerner by birth, a writer by daily habit, and an engineer by wishful thinking.