Paula (she/her) is a Colombian filmmaker currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. In 2016, she and Ryan Martin Brown co-founded 5th Floor as a film collective after graduating together from the film program at Florida State University. Paula's feature directorial debut, THE SCOUT, had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2025, Paula was named one of 25 new faces in independent film by Filmmaker Magazine. She has also produced films like Melina Valdez’s WEAPONS AND THEIR NAMES, which premiered at Sundance 2023, and Ryan Martin Brown’s FREE TIME, which received three nominations at the inaugural Slamdance Indie Awards. She is a two-time Gotham Film Week participant and a 2023 Sundance Producers Intensive Fellow. Previously, Paula worked as a location scout on many New York films and TV shows such as HIGH MAINTENANCE, RUSSIAN DOLL, SEARCH PARTY, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS, and more. ​