Mora is a recent alumna of the prestigious Graduate Film Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has directed numerous short films and plays, including Breaking Bread which aired on Showtime in September 2003 as part of the Reflections from Ground Zero series. She co-wrote the independent feature Heaven’s Pond, released on DVD by Artisan Entertainment in December 2003. Her short film, The Twenty, recently premiered at the Anthology Film Archives, as part of the RIPfest film festival. She graduated with honors from Princeton University where she received her BA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.