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ROLEPLAY feature documentary: - Created a multi-disciplinary project resulting in an original published play and a feature documentary that brings to life college rape culture.- Directed and produced feature documentary film following a year in the life of a group of fifteen college students.- Co-edited film with editor.- Raised over $200K towards production and post-production.DARK MOON short narrative film- Wrote and directed short film family drama about Dementia.- Raised $50K budget from grants and donations.Festivals: Sun Valley Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, & more.SIGNAL AND NOISE short documentary film - Directed, produced and edited short film about the sounds of GTMO- Sourced archival from journalists and artists who had visited the camp.Winner: Special Jury Award at New Orleans Film FestivalFestivals: Future of Film Showcase, Prismatic Ground, Third Horizon, Hot Springs, New Orleans, & more.Installation for Sight and Sound Exhibit at VisArts in Rockville, MD.

Mossville is a feature documentary about one man who refuses to be forced off his family’s land as encroaching petrochemical plants threaten to destroy his community. Mossville has won awards at film festivals from Full Frame to Hot Springs Film Festival, is streaming on Reel South on PBS and Amazon, and was recently screened for the United Nations session on Climate and Peoples of African Descent.

Design Thinking class at the Tulane University Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

A year-long research and design project with Tulane students to address the epidemic of sexual violence on campus. Project resulted in student-designed ideas around prevention, justice and healing that are being implemented on campus today.

Post Coastal is a series of documentary shorts about Louisiana coastal communities who are grappling with climate change and land loss. o Supported by the Smithsonian, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Foundation for Louisiana, and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH). Shorts include:o Director, Producer Refuge. Short Documentary, New Orleans Film Festival 2017o Director, Producer Keepers of the Mound. Short Documentary, Commissioned by the Smithsonian as part of their Water/Ways series that facilitates conversations about climate change at rural librarieso Producer, Archival Coordinator, Locked. Short Documentary, New Orleans Film Festival 2018

As a Design Lead and Senior Design Researcher I led teams to deeply understand human needs and bring these voices to life for the purpose of solving design problems with a focus in systems and social change.

Led full-scale research projects for multi-national clients such as MillerCoors, Johnson & Johnson, Colgate-Palmolive, Scott’s, and Nestle to address business challenges and develop solutions ranging from new products to services, brands, merchandising and channel strategies. Responsibilities included client & project management, strategic leadership, research design, moderating, facilitation and business development.

Provided strategic analysis on research and innovation projects for companies such as Quaker, Newell-Rubbermaid, Wrigley, and Capital One while also leading brand strategy for smaller start-ups in a variety of industries from e-commerce to healthcare.