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[Here the existing page describes Riggen's education, under "Early life and career beginnings" In Guadalajara, Riggen obtained a degree in communication sciences, and worked as a journalist. Riggen found her way into writing and producing film, though she never thought she would end up as a director, comparing the chances of landing a career as a director to the chances of landing a career as an astronaut – slim to none.

Unhappy with producing, Riggen moved to New York to pursue a career in writing. She found herself as a director after directing one exercise.

[Here the existing page describes Riggen's directing career, talking about specific films]

Approached in 2010 to direct The 33, Riggen recounted her satisfaction that a woman would direct a film with such masculine subject matter. The 33 was shot in the Atacama Desert in Chile, as well as two mines in Columbia. Filmed in real salt mines over 35 days for 14 hour days 6 days a week; Riggen’s goal was to have the cast and crew understand what being a miner is like.

Riggen partnered up with writer and producer Ligiah Villabobos for the creation of La Misma Luna. Riggen and Villabobos are both Mexican-born but relocated to the United States, and after taking many years to embrace their careers, they became extremely passionate about the work they produced.

Funding for the binational film La Misma Luna, which was started in an American studio before Riggen made the decision to direct it independently, was done through both a fund from the Mexican government, and American financers. La Misma Luna was very well received in 2007 at the Sundance festival.