EDUCATION
2021-2024 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, MFA, Film + Media Arts, GPA: 4.0
University Fellowship Award
2023 Spring Thesis Completion Grant
2023 Fall Thesis Production Grant
Written articles and subjects of interest approved for completion of masters feature - “Liminal Narrative, The Avant-Garde Cinema of Hispaniola”; “Raoul Peck - Memory Artist”; “Beyond Man, Toward The Ocean, Toward the Shore” (select Indigenous films and filmmakers’ with applied use of ecology as narrator)
2017-2018 ÉCOLE LASSAAD (Belgium), Physical Theater Conservatory, La Méthode Lecoq
2009-2014 BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, BA, French Literature and Language, GPA: 3.95
Phi Beta Kappa
Eleanor Keller Prize for French culture
2010-2011 NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL (India and Canada), Outdoor Education
PROFESSIONAL MEDIA
2023 VIDEOGRAPHER : Accent Communications - promotional campaigns for non-profits in Philadelphia, PA
2022 VIDEOGRAPHER : New Balance Outdoor National Club Track and Field Championships - Coverage for sporting events in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
2022 VIDEOGRAPHER : Colobo Gardens - Philadelphia-based community art installation archiving for documentary of El Bembe II festival
2022 CINEMATOGRAPHER and EDITOR : Martha Graham Cracker - Event video for Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia
2019 1ST AC : Cooper Tires (Dir. Katy Holbird) - Commercial campaign with F1 driver David Coulthard and Top Gear director for BBC 1
2019 DIRECTOR and PRODUCER : Informatica SKO 19 - Brand animation
2019 1ST AD and PRODUCTION MANAGER : Vault - Commercial campaign for fintech company
2019 1ST AC : Fractal Visuals - promotional campaigns for private sector in Austin, TX
2017 DIRECTOR and PRODUCER and EDITOR : Young Audiences Of Louisiana Spotlights - Series of Artist Profiles
FILMOGRAPHY
2023 DIRECTOR and PRODUCER and WRITER : Chicken Bones - Short narrative (in production)
2023 DIRECTOR and PRODUCER : Grace in Deep Water - Documentary (in production)
2022 CINEMATOGRAPHER : Everything After (Dir. Ella-Gabriel Mason) - Dance Short
2022 CINEMATOGRAPHER : Is this Funny to you? (Dir. Kat Sullivan) - Dance Short
2022 DIRECTOR and CINEMATOGRAPHER : Proud Flesh - Short Documentary
2022 DIRECTOR and EDITOR : 360 Colors - 360 Video Skateboarding Short
2020 DIRECTOR and PRODUCER and WRITER : Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Short Narrative
2019 DIRECTOR and WRITER : Permanent Vacation - Short Narrative for 48 Hour Film Festival
FESTIVAL, STAGE, AND EVENT PRODUCTION
2023 SNOWFLAKE SUMMIT 2023 (Las Vegas) - PA Coordinator
2023 IBM/SAP EXECUTIVE FORUM 2023 (Palm Beach) - Media Coordinator
2022 EL BEMBE II (Philadelphia, PA) - Videographer
2019 SXSW FESTIVAL (Austin, TX) - Content Capture Coordinator
2019 FUSEBOX FESTIVAL (Austin, TX) - Travel Coordinator
2018 IBM NORTH AMERICAN THINK ROADSHOW (NY) - Assistant Stage Manager
2018 RODAN AND FIELDS SHOW (New Orleans, LA) - PA to Showcaller
2017-2019 BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART (Austin, TX) - Event Manager (on staff)
2017-2019 TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS, UTA (Austin, TX) - Stage Manager (on staff)
2014 BRONX BREAKDANCING FESTIVAL (New York, NY) - Stage Crew
2012 BERKSHIRE THEATER FESTIVAL (Berkshires, MA) - Broadway apprenticeship program
THEATER PROJECTS
2020 FRENCH TRANSLATOR - for Migration, RudeMechs devised theater collaboration with Austin’s migrant community
2020 CREATOR and DIRECTOR - for ProblemATX, physical theater collaborative creating workshops and site-specific performance art
2016 CREATOR and PERFORMER - for Youth Maturity And…, developed in collaboration with neuro-diverse partners for community outreach event
2016 CREATOR - for Theater Movement and Therapy Residency in Bay St. Louis bringing artists to work in collaboration with neuro-diverse residents
2016 CREATOR and PERFORMER - for Synesthetics, a play devised in residency with Cobbleslop Theater Group at Bay St. Louis, MS and performed at InFringe Fest in New Orleans
2016 DIRECTOR and PRODUCER - for Julius Caesar, 90-minute adaptation in original Elizabeth language for children’s community play
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022-2023 TEACHING ASSISTANT - Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
Lectured, planned, and evaluated for undergraduate film studies program in sections of :
Film, Video, and Interactive Foundations I
Media and Culture
Screenwriting I
2020-2021 5th GRADE TEACHER - Austin Jewish Academy (Austin, TX)
Redesigned and taught 5th Grade Social Studies and Language Arts in person and online during pandemic
2019-2020 TEACHING ARTIST - Zach Theatre (Austin, TX)
Planned and led workshops for elementary-age students in Austin’s premier non-profit performing arts venue. Classes included:
Playwriting
Acting
Dance for Toddlers
2019-2020 TEACHING ARTIST - Joshua’s Stage (Austin, TX)
Planned and led after school drama and arts program for children of diverse abilities on the autism spectrum
2015-2016 TEACHING ARTIST - Young Audiences of Louisiana (New Orleans, LA)
Taught and directed theater programs in charter schools in New Orleans
Performed in educational theater for schools
Managed bookings of 200+ local performing artists in educational institutions across the state
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