She has been noted as an emerging voice of the "New Argentine Cinema movement" or el Nuevo Cine Argentino.
[4] She completed high school at Carlos N. Vergara in La Plata, Argentina and went on to attend the Universidad del Cine, from which she graduated with a degree in film directing in 2004.
[5][6] Aside from making films, Citarella also teaches at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP),[7] where runs a thesis workshop focused on scriptwriting.
[8] Citarella and Verónica Llinás co-directed La mujer de los perros (Dog Lady), which garnered attention from international film festivals.
[9][10] Citarella is now working on a sequel to her 2011 film Ostende, titled Trenque Lauquen.