About Me
Hello! I’m an independent filmmaker/editor and creative professional based in Los Angeles, CA. Filmmaking has been a part of my life since childhood– over the years, it’s been a passion, a field of study, and now a profession. I received my B.F.A in Film Production from Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television in May of 2025, and currently provide freelance filmmaking & multimedia services.
Throughout my independent career and studies, I’ve worked on a range of narrative and nonfiction projects, earning festival recognition, including two student Emmy wins. I’ve seen roles in all stages of production script to screen, but specialize in post production and documentary filmmaking. I am a licensed Avid Media Composer Specialist, also fluent in Adobe Premiere Pro, and possess advanced skills in professional creative software including Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, ProTools, and Final Cut Pro. As a former journalism student, I’ve also received extensive training in writing, reporting, and research.
My passion for filmmaking, journalism, and all creative work is rooted in a desire to tell stories that challenge audiences. Art is at its best when it confronts us with truths about each other and our world, and what makes it all so absurd, beautiful, hilarious and cruel. Its most powerful quality is that it can invite us to care about something we might not have before. I believe very strongly in the power of stories to serve as a vehicle for empathy– to help us see things from others’ points of view, and thus see one another in a more understanding light. It is my hope to do work that lives up to the power of the medium.
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Artistic Statement
A hill I will die on is that empathy is the most important trait of any storyteller. The moment an artist loses their ability to inhabit another person’s worldview, they have lost their ability to write a captivating character, imagine a compelling conflict, or present someone’s life in a new and interesting light. There is always an engaging story to be told so long as the person telling it is willing to put aside their ego for just a second and think about what might cause somebody to make the decisions they do.
In my view, this has never been more important. We live in an age of hyper-individualism, and are taught early on in life that anything we achieve will come from the sweat off our own backs. Nothing will ever be given to us– therefore, we should never give anyone anything without being offered something in return. In fact, we shouldn’t even think about the lives of others, because what really are they except distractions? This mindset is how art dies.
Empathy is inherently radical. It challenges the most basic principles of the status quo. Today, it is every storyteller’s responsibility to reject that status quo– to stand up and embody radical empathy. At least, I see that as my responsibility. My goal is to tell stories that help people to connect with one another.
There are some things we can’t avoid. Whether we like it or not, storytelling is a business, and business is ruthless. But as long as I have a shred of creative agency, empathy will be the guiding principle behind everything I make.