Paths start from pasts

Forward and around, what precedes and what follows is only a journey of want

Education

University of Southern California, Masters of Science in Design, Business & Technology, 2021-2023

New York University, Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2017-2018

New York University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television, 2016-2017

Emerson College, courses in Visual Media Arts - Film Production, 2014-2016

Professional Development

Working the Wound Screenwriting Workshop with Jenny Kleiman, 2021

SoundBridge Academy for Music Production, 2018

Awards

2022 Semifinalist “Queer Kafir” Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Atlanta

2021 Quarter Finalist “Queer Kafir”, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Austin

2021 Semifinalist “Queer Kafir” The Script Lab Screenplay Competition

2018 Honorable Mention “Enough.” Experimental Forum, International

Speaking

Panelist, “Filmmakers Panel” panel discussion, Ball State University. Cinesonika International Soundtrack Conference and Festival, Muncie, Indiana, Oct. 2008

Exhibitions

2016-2021 Student and Alumni Exhibit, Emerson College, Boston

2020 Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn

2020 Silent Cities, Millepiani. Rome, Italy

2020 A Nomadic Journey Part II Nomadworks, New York

2018 A1 Bazaar, New Women Space, Brooklyn

2018 A1 Bazaar, Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York

Screenings

“Elsewhere” (2019)

2019 Intimalente/Intimatelens Film Festival , Caserta, Italy

“Enough” (2017

2018 A1 Bazaar, New Women Space, Brooklyn

2017 Neos Fest, Puebla, Mexico

“Sores” (2015)*

2016 Emerson’s Alternative Film Festival, Boston

2016 Moviate Underground Film Festival, Harrisburg

2016 Artcroft Film and Video Festival, Paris, Kentucky

2016 Cinesonika International Soundtrack Conference and Festival, Muncie, Indiana

2016 The Block Film & Art Festival, Logan, Utah

2016 PUSH! Film Festival, Bristol, Tennessee

2016 Post Mortem Film Festival, Aguascalientes, Mexico

2016 Twisted Oyster Film Festival, Chicago

*original title withheld

Select Credits

2021-present Editor. Desi Rainbow Parents and Allies, Remote

2022 Story mentor. Ghetto Film School, Remote

2021-present Submission Opportunity Coordinator (Volunteer). NYU/Tisch Alumni Script Development and Networking Group, Remote

2020 Editor “20 Questions” Webseries. Produced by Lindsay Levesque-Alam

2019 Concert photographer. Freelance, New York

2016, 2017 Teaching Assistant “Production Safety and Set Supervision.” New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York

2016, 2017 Researcher. Entertain Impact, Remote

2015 Assistant Director “Watching Me, Watching You.” Documentary. Produced by Costanza Maio

2014 Debate Writer “Speechless” Emerson Channel Select Experience

2014 Associate Producer, Emerson Independent Video, Boston

2014 Segment Associate Producer, Emerson Independent Video, Boston

Personal Projects

2019 Director “this was this way” Documentary Short

2019 Director “LAL. BATTI.” Documentary Short

2019 Director "Perpetually." Experimental Short

2019 Director "Elsewhere." Experimental Short

2017 Director "Enough." Experimental Short

2016 Director "20/20." Experimental Short