As one of four filmmakers selected from a pool of 3,600 candidates to direct a short film with an international cast and crew in Germany, she produced Stranded that went on to air on BET. Her documentaries include Knives in My Throat about not being undone by mental illness, Taboo about the dynamics of interracial love, and Finding a Place, Maintaining Ties. Her other directing projects include the experimental short Ophelia's Opera, a domestic violence revenge fable; Cable Crossings, an interstitial soap on a CNBC Network; and the short The Black Count. Abrams was also Associate Producer of “Loose Knit,” a Theresa Rebeck play, and The Doll Collector, an A&E film.

In her early 20s, Abrams created Goddess City, a touring spoken word/hip hop musical play supported by Ossie Davis, Amiri Baraka, Amina Baraka, August Wilson, Voza Rivers, Jamal Joseph and Danny Simmons. The show’s woman-power message brought Abrams recognition, and she went on to be featured in the book Actors on Acting, win an award from Cosmopolitan magazine, write an article for Ms. Magazine, and contribute to the anthology African-American Wedding Readings.

She has also contributed to the anthology A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer by Eve Ensler, alongside the writings of Maya Angelou, Edward Albee and Alice Walker. Her first novel Dare will be released in December 2007.

Abrams has BFA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and she was raised between New York City and the country of her parents, Guyana, South America.