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
High School: Bryn Mawr & Interlochen Arts Academy (IAA)
College: University of Southern California (USC)
narrative film
2024 August
THE LITTLE TOYMAKER
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 BARRETT 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 SCHOOL 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 SCHOOL 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
BUILDING BLUES
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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