Born in 1967 in National City, CA
Sergio de la Torre was taking photography classes at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California, when his instructor, artist Liz Sisco, gave him sound advice: “She told me that with the kind of work I was doing I had to move away from San Diego”
In 2006 Sergio produced and directed Maquilapolis, a documentary that depicts the globalization of Mexico from the perspective of females who worked in the maquiladoras (the multinational-owned factories that take advantage of less costly