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ARTIST STATEMENT
I enjoy experimentation and rule-breaking when it comes to my creative work. I appreciate unusual perspectives, novel combinations, and surprises. Unconventional and nonlinear storytelling are as interesting to me as conventional documentary film.
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Graduation: May 2029
School of Cinematic Arts, BFA in Film Production
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI Graduation May 2025
Film and New Media Department Graduated with Honors
narrative film
2024 August
The Little Toy Maker
director, director of photography, editor
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2024 February
Spoon
director, voice of AI
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2024 August
Makeup Mask
director, director of photography, editor
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2024 December
As Our Tides Turn
director, director of photography, editor, colorist
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2025 April
The Palace Hotel
director, editor, colorist
documentary film
2023 January
Wade In The Water: How African Americans Got Back Into The Pool
writer, director, editor, narrator
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Screened Gettysburg Film Festival (2024)
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Journalism Gold Key (film script) (2024)
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Selected for 400 Years of African American History Commission Docuseries (2023)
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Screened Philadelphia Film Festival (2023)
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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Scholar (2023)
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Next Generation Angels Award (Library of Congress/Ken Burns Prize) (2023)
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Anne Harrington Award (2023)
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National History Academy Scholarship Winner (2023)
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National History Day First Place Winner Senior Devision (2023)
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Official Citation Maryland General Assembly (2023)
2022 January
The Revolt of the Good Guys: How Postal Workers Found Their Voice During The Great Postal Strike of 1970
writer, director, editor, narrator
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Maryland State and Baltimore City Advancer, Qualified for Nationals (2022)
2021 January
Flash-Bang-Silence: The Fight To Communicate The Full Story About The Atomic Bomb
writer, director, editor, narrator
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Maryland State and Baltimore City Advancer, Qualified for Nationals (2021)
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Jutras Prize (2021)
2020 January
Ashes Ashes We All Fell Down: How the 1964 Surgeon General's Report Broke
writer, director, editor, narrator
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Maryland State and Baltimore City Advancer, Qualified for Nationals (2020)
2019 January
Indispensable: The Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators At War
writer, director, editor, narrator
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Maryland State and Baltimore City Advancer, Qualified for Nationals (2019)
journalism
2024 June
Making A Connection With Upsurge CEO Kory Bailey
STROLL Magazine
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2024 Spring
New York City V. Social Media: A Groundbreaking Lawsuit
The Bryn Mawr Quill
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2023 October
Making A Connection With Baltimore Entrepreneur Carly Barret of Poppyseed Kids
STROLL Magazine
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Journalism Gold Key (2024)
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2023 Spring
Debate and Deliberation: Reactions to Dobbs V. Jackson Women's Health Organization Within Our Community
STROLL Magazine
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Journalism Gold Key (2024)
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2023 Spring
The Baltimore City Public Schools System's Declining Attendance and Graduation Rates
The Bryn Mawr Quill
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Journalism Gold Key (2024)
critical essays
2023 October
On The Importance of Emptied Spaces
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards American Voices Gold Medal Winner (2024)
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National Council of Teachers of English Freer National Writing Award Runner Up (2024)
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2023 April
Sight, Sound, & Theme: The Modernism and Anti-Modernism of Leni Riefenstahl
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Critical Essay Gold Key (2024)
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2022 May
Glazed and Crazed: The Role Chinese Porcelain Played in Cultural Exchange In the Medieval World
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Journalism Gold Key (2024)
photography
2024 September
Sea Legs
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2023 September
Home Again
2023 September
Color Blocked
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Published Mélange (Spring 2024)
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Photographic Society of America (PSA) Youth Showcase Third Place
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Architecture Print (2024)
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Photography Gold Key (2024)
2023 August
Blue Buildings
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Published Red Wheelbarrow (Fall 2024)
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Photography Gold Key (2024)
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2022 August
Sentinel
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Photography Silver Key (2024)
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2022 July
Light Fall
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Photography Honorable Mention (2024)
volunteer & commercial photography
2024 June
Maryland Humanities, National History Day
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2024 May
Loyola-Blakefield Track Team
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