Riedel was born and raised in Arizona, a first generation American with Mexican parents.
Riedel made her first feature film, How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer starring America Ferrera, in 2005.
The film was financed entirely by her parents and took over a year to edit as Riedel could not raise additional funds to finish it.
In 2015, Riedel released her second feature film, Ana Maria in Novela Land starring Edy Ganem.
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