In 2001, just a week after 9/11, Antonia began an internship at CBS News 48 Hours, under producer Susan Zirinsky. It was there that she found an article about a child's death from dehydration at a teen boot camp in Arizona, which was featured on the program.After moving to Charleston, South Carolina, Antonia began directing theatre. Two acclaimed productions were the musical My Fair Lady and Eugene O'Neill's The Long Day's Journey Into Night.Concurrently writing in a wide variety of formats including essays, poems, and a novel, she eventually focused her talents exclusively on screenplays.Antonia teamed with writing partner, Anne Heffron, to pen several independent feature scripts including The Rabbit Will Die and Tell Me I'm Pretty, as well as a commissioned comedy screenplay, Welcome to Applebarn's. She wrote and directed, Phantom Halo, which will be her film directorial debut.