
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