Peter is a Peabody winning, Emmy-nominated film producer, writer, director, Rockefeller Fellow and recipient of the University of California Santa Cruz Social Science Alumni of the Year Award. Raised by a strong indigenous single mother, his family was part of the Occupation of Alcatraz, the Wounded Knee stand-off, Northwest Fishing Rights struggle, and the Farm Workers Movement. His commitment to increasing visibility of Indigenous peoples, community engagement and policy change is reflected in his films and his 28 years of leadership at the Friendship House Association of American Indians – providing social services to many Native Americans in the Bay Area.  His directing credits include his debut feature, Follow Me Home, La Mission and the documentary, Dolores.  All of his films have debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. He currently serves on the boards of ITVS and the San Francisco Foundation and is Project Lead for The Village SF, a groundbreaking initiative led by Friendship House to establish the nation’s first urban Indigenous village—integrating housing, healing, workforce development, and cultural space for Native families in the Bay Area and beyond.