I live on a boat, where the tides and shifting rhythms of the water shape both my life and my work. My films combine observational storytelling with experimental visual approaches to explore how personal stories intersect with broader social and historical forces.

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My work has been shown at festivals including Slamdance, Mill Valley Film Festival, Cinequest, and the United Nations Association Film Festival, and has been presented in museums and on television. Painted Nails was a Jury Award Finalist at the New Orleans Film Festival, and Seeing Slavery received Best Short Documentary at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards.

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My most recent film, Looking For My Anchor (2025), which premiered at the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, combines personal archival footage with present-day observation, moving between past and present in a story about grief, home, and belonging.

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Painted Nails, distributed by Kanopy, has screened at festivals worldwide and been broadcast on PBS stations, continuing to reach audiences through educational platforms. Walls of Sand was a pioneering achievement, becoming the first contemporary feature film to stream online, demonstrating the early potential of the internet as a platform for cinema, and is now distributed by the Slamdance Channel.

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​I work closely with the people I film, allowing trust to shape how stories unfold over time. In Painted Nails, this meant following a Vietnamese nail salon owner for over a year as she advocated for safer working conditions while navigating pregnancy. In Walls of Sand, I used black and white 16mm to explore migration and identity through composed scenes and a more controlled visual approach.

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As an editor, I have collaborated on projects such as Animation Outlaws by Kat Alioshin, which premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and Logic Paralyzes the Heart by Lynn Hershman Leeson, which debuted at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

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I have also collaborated with organizations including Free the Slaves and Tangible Hope to create films that engage with urgent social issues.

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I am currently developing The Shape of Memory, a film that uses re-creations, animation, and sound to evoke a remembered world shaped by a child’s perception, and how memory preserves, alters, and carries experience across time.