EDUCATION

M.F.A in Cinema (In Progress)

San Francisco State University; San Francisco, CA

B.A. in Sociology, concentration in Gender Studies- Minor in Creative Writing

Vanguard University of Southern California Costa Mesa, CA -May 2012

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Interventionist, The Together Study; San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA- 2017-2019 Center for Research and Education on Gender & Sexuality

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

  • Graduate Guest Teacher: Intro to Camera Lab, SFSU; San Francisco, CA 2026

  • Media Teaching Artist Internship, BAYCAT; San Francisco, CA 2025

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant: Intro to Production Lab, SFSU; San Francisco, CA 2025-2026

DEPARTMENTAL /UNIVERSITY SERVICE

  • Graduate Assistant Coordinator, SFSU; San Francisco, CA 2025-Present

PROJECTS

  • Director, Editor, Grace in Motion: Relating to the Art of Pole Dancing, Experimental Documentary; (in progress) Oakland, CA -2025

  • Director, Editor, Sound Design, Writer, Whisper of the Tides, Experimental Documentary; San Francisco, CA-2025

    • A poetic portrait of water as it relates to the human experience. Made using found 16mm footage.

  • Director, Creator, Editor Sound Design, We are the Nature Body, Experimental; San Francisco, CA -2024

    • A meditation on the integral, spiritual presence of nature in every aspect of life, despite western efforts to sterilize and objectify it. Made using 16mm plant phytograms, altering 16mm found footage using scratching and bleaching methods, plant material on clear leader.

  • Director, Writer& Sound Design, El Vuelo de la Mariposa, Narrative Fiction; Oakland, CA -2024

    • A solitary, Central-American immigrant woman begins to have supernatural experiences as she reaches the end of her life. As the veils between words dissolve, she becomes immersed in a mysterious journey of reunification with someone she lost long ago.

  • Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematographer, A Letter to my Mother that I will never send, Experimental Documentary; Oakland, CA- 2022

    • The confessional of a daughter to her mother as she travels through Oakland, CA on public transit.

  • Director, Editor, In Conversation with a Resilient History, Experimental Documentary; San Francisco, CA-2022

    • An interview with my mother as she recounts her experience fleeing the Nicaraguan Contra War. Made using found 16mm footage.

  • Director, Editor, Sound Design, She Wiped the Stain, Narrative Fiction; Oakland, CA 2022

  • A young woman wakes up from a dream only to find that she never woke up to begin with.

  • Director, Editor, My Body, My Home, Documentary; Oakland, CA 2022

  • A portrait of 3 trans-masculine individuals from the Bay Area as they share their unique stories of transitioning and finding joy in their bodies.

  • Supervising Sound Editor, Bloodroot; San Francisco, CA 2024-(In Progress)

  • Animated Feature Film

  • Sound Mixing, Transposing Landscapes: A Requiem for Charles Young, FORT POINT
    PRESIDIO, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 2025

  • FOR-SITE’S BLACK GOLD: STORIES UNTOLD -Group Installation

  • Sound Design, Helene et Iris; San Francisco, CA 2024

  • Documentary Short

  • Director of Photography, Estranged!; San Francisco, CA- 2025

  • MFA Thesis Film, Narrative Short

  • Director of Photography, Really?; San Francisco, CA-2024

  • MFA Student Film, Narrative Short

  • Assistant Director & Script Editor, Trapped!; San Francisco,CA-2024

  • MFA Thesis Film, Narrative Short

  • Director of Photography, Morning Sailboats; San Francisco, CA -2023 MFA Thesis Narrative Short

  • Director of Photography, Bellybutton of the World; San Francisco, CA -2023

  • MFA Thesis Film, 3 Channel Installation

  • Co-Director, Videographer, Editor, Rise; Oakland, CA -2022

  • An experimental film/live performance, produced by Queer Cat Productions

  • Creative Consultant, Elegy For Nancy; MoAD San Francisco, CA- 2022A film installation by Trina Michelle Robinson

  • Professional Photographer, Self; Oakland , CA- 2022-Present

  • Professional Headshots, Wedding Photography, Maternity Portraits

GRANTS, AWARDS & HONORS

  • Marcus Culminating Funds, San Francisco State University2024

  • Marcus Cinema MFA 1st Year Scholarship, San Francisco State University 2023

Film Festival Acceptances & Honors

  • Film Finals, SFSU: Best Sound Design,El Vuelo de la Mariposa 2025

  • Tokyo Film Fest, Whisper of the Tides 2025

  • Roma Film Festival, Whisper of the Tides2025

SCREENINGS

  • 2025 Whisper of the Tides, Artist’s Television Access; San Francisco, CA

  • 2024 El Vuelo de la Mariposa, Francis Coppola Theater; San Francisco, CA

  • 2022 Rise, Queer Cat Productions; Berkeley, CA

Professional Development

  • William and Louise Greaves Seminar hosted by Black Star Film Festival at Stanford University; Palo Alto, CA