b. 1991, Nogales, Arizona
Lives and works in New York City, NY
EDUCATION
MFA in Film/Video, California Institute of the Arts c. 2021
B.A. in Arts and Media with a concentration in Photography, Creative Writing and Geography, University of Arizona, Magna Cum Laude c. 2013
SCREENINGS | EXHIBITIONS
2023
Screening - New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, Winner Best Narrative Short
Screening - Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2022
Screening - Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
Screening - Critical Media Practices Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Screening - Latin American Ethnography Conference, University of Florida Gainesville
Screening - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2021
Screening - Tacoma Film Festival, Tacoma, WA
Screening - Film Diary NYC, New York, NY
Screening - DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Screening - SF DocFest, San Francisco, CA
Screening - Le Cinéma Club, Online platform
2020
Screening - Footprints: Flaherty Screening, New York, NY
Screening - Blue Danube Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Screening - SEFF Binghamton: Student Experimental Film Festival in Binghamton, NY
Screening - Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Screening - ICDOCS, Iowa City, IA
Screening - Media Library 2020 of Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland
Screening - JellyFest, Los Angeles, CA, Winner for Best Short Documentary
2019
Short Documentary Film - Alejandro & Miguel, 16mm, color, sound, 8:52 min
Screening - Two Journeys Film Program, Vienna, Austria / Los Angeles, CA
Screening - Tacoma Film Festival, Tacoma, WA, Honorable Mention for Best Short Documentary
Screening - Can the Addict Speak?, UNIONDOCS, Brooklyn, NY
Screening - Vision Maker Media, Firelight Media Workshop, Lincoln, NE
Screening - Shorts After The Flaherty: Action, UNIONDOCS, Brooklyn, NY
Screening - CAA Moebius Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Screening - CalArts Film/Video Showcase, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
Video Installation - YARDS, CalArts, Santa Clarita, CA
Short Documentary Film - Gabrielle, HD, color, sound (work in progress)
2018
Short Experimental Film - O, 16mm, b&w, sound, 1:03 min
Short Documentary Film - Tombs, HD, b&w, sound (work in progress)
Short Documentary Film - Anonymous, Super 8, b&w, sound (work in progress)
Short Narrative Film - La Caja, HD, color, sound (work in progress)
Exhibition/Screening - Quorum, JKL Collective, Los Angeles, CA
Short Experimental Film - Auditory Sight, Super 8, color, b&w, sound, 2:40 min
2017
Exhibition - Air Sheets Serial Publishing Project, Blonde Art Fair, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
Short Narrative Film - Jan, HD, color, sound, 7:54 min
Short Experimental Film - Voicemail-0359.m4a, Super 8, b&w, sound, 2:13 min
2016
Screening - PLATFORM, City of West Hollywood Public Library, West Hollywood, CA
Screening - Just Put Your Number In My Phone Screening, Otion Front Studio, Bushwick, NY
Short Experimental Film - Product Placement, HD, color, sound, 3:22 min
Short Experimental Film - Last Night, HD, color, sound, 1:36 min
2015
Screening - Palm Springs Festival of Short Films, Palm Springs, CA
Exhibition - SET via Sorry Archive with Siebren Versteeg for Harbor Gallery, Warped Tour Miami, FL
Exhibition - Blonde Art Fair, Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Short Narrative Film - Under The Mesquite, HD, b&w, sound, 7:28 min
2014
Exhibition - PLASKRIT CORP, Freeman Space, Brooklyn, NY
Exhibition - The Donkey Show, Gallery Sensei, Manhattan, NY
Exhibition - PATH: Singularity, Gallery 151, Manhattan, NY
2013
Exhibition - Bad Infinity, HEAP Collective, Tucson, AZ
Exhibition - Happy Hour, HEAP Collective, Tucson, AZ
Exhibition - 11, Topaz Tundra, Tucson, AZ
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023 // Adrift Residency, Bahia Colectiva, True/False Film Festival, Columbia, MO
2021 // Adrift Residency, Bahia Colectiva, LA Filmforum, Los Angeles, CA
2019// Terrain Exhibitions, Terrain Exhibition Space Los Angeles, CA
SOUVENIR/AVENIR, Los Angeles, CA
2016// PLATFORM Screening, City of West Hollywood Public Library, West Hollywood, CA
2014// Interphase via Sorry Archive at SELECT Fair, Miami Beach, FL
And The Villagers Never Liked You Anyway, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
Pure Fucking Armageddon, Gallery 151, Manhattan, NY
PATH: Singularity, Gallery 151, Manhattan, NY
2013// Bad Infinity, HEAP Collective, Tucson, AZ
Happy Hour, HEAP Collective, Tucson, AZ
11, Topaz Tundra,Tucson, AZ
FILM/ART-RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Director, Center for Ethnographic Media Arts, University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA 2023
Project Coordinator, LA Filmforum - Los Angeles, CA 2023
California Institute of the Arts Visiting Professor, Winter Session - Santa Clarita, CA 2021
California Institute of the Arts Visiting Artist Student Instructor - Santa Clarita, CA 2018-2021
Luchita Hurtado, Assistant Archivist/Studio Assistant - Los Angeles, CA 2018
Park View Gallery, Administrator - Los Angeles, CA 2018
Blade Runner 2049 (feature film), Research/Acting Assistant - Budapest, Hungary, 2016
Recovering Irma (Sundance Sponsored Documentary), Editor/Producer - Los Angeles, 2015-2018
Brooklyn Rail Art Magazine, Marketing Coordinator - Brooklyn, NY, 2014-2015
Sorry Archive, Founder/Curator - Brooklyn, NY, 2013-2016
Sensei Gallery, Art Basel Coordinator - Manhattan, NY, 2013-2014
Center for Creative Photography, Imaging Technician - Tucson, AZ, 2012-2013
AWARDS/TEACHING
2023 Best Narrative Short Film New Orleans Film Festival
2022 SFFILM Rainin Screenwriting Grant
2022 Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship
2021 Princess Grace Award Recipient
2021 Sundance Creative Producing Fellowship
2021 Logan Nonfiction Fellow
2020 25 New Faces of Independent Film
2020 Alison Doerner Fund for Women Pioneers in Filmmaking
2020 Tim Disney Prize for Excellence in the Storytelling Arts
2020 Allan Sekula Social Documentary Fund
2020 JellyFest, Winner for Best Short Documentary
2019 Tacoma Film Festival Honorable Mention for Best Short Documentary
2019 Berkeley Advanced Media Institute Documentary Workshop Facilitator
2019 Lillian Disney Award, California Institute of the Arts
2019 Flaherty Seminar Fellowship
2019 California Institute of the Arts Visiting Artist Student Instructor
2018 Lillian Disney Award, California Institute of the Arts
2018 California Institute of the Arts Visiting Artist Student Instructor Scholarship
PRESS
Variety
Filmmaker Magazine
SFFILM
Women and Hollywood
Screen International
Indiewire
Sundance
Filmmaker Magazine
Sundance
Deadline
Indiewire
Realscreen
Screen Daily
The Wrap
2021 Princess Grace Award Winners
25 New Faces of Independent Film
Filmmaker Magazine
Hollywood Reporter
MiniFlix
Art in America
Hyperallergic
The Wild Magazine