Susanna Lo was born in Hong Kong and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii at the age of five.
She moved on to be a speech writer for Michael Dukakis' Presidential Campaign and for the California Democratic Party.
Besides being an accomplished filmmaker, Lo is a novelist known for writing the international, best selling novel, Alma of My Heart.
In 1993, at the age of 26, Lo directed her first feature film, Black & White: A Love Story.
She is currently developing an on-set film mentorship program for sex-trafficked and physically abused teenage girls with The Teen Project in Los Angeles.