Pituka Ortega, born in 1960 in Panama, began to work in the cinema because of her passion to tell stories. When she directed the former magazine Década (1989-1994), he also worked as columnist and as short story writer. Pituka, as many people who wants to make film and documentaries, began in the advertising. She worked in the pre-production stage, where obviously the screenplay is designed, this Panamanian woman is graduated from the Inmaculata College (Florida, USA, 1982) in history and political science. She worked between 1983 and 1984 in publicity reproduction, and from 1989 and 1994 as editor, writer and magazine director.