After graduating from UC Irvine, Tina Polzin directed and designed lights in Paris. In New York, she worked with LAByrinth Theater Company and Manhattan Theater Source. She produced Fusion Film Festival at NYU and The Estrogenius Theater Festival at MTS, both of which encourage strong working relationships between men and women in the arts. She is also a writer working with theaters like Palo Alto Children's Theater where she led students in the creation of a full length play dealing with corporate responsibility. She performs improv and sketch comedy.