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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Temporary Senior Producer for Cascade PBS Original Productions.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Responsible for creation of new classes, panels, and performances as well as facilitation of workshops, oversight of long-running programming that focus on the craft of filmmaking. Topics included film theory, mentorships and apprenticeships, filmmaking fundamentals, gear tutorials, screenwriting, analog, and experimental filmmakingOversaw the entire education department from both youth and adult programs, admin, and recruiting & retaining instructors Producer of narrative, experimental, animated and narrative short filmsSought out and maintained community partnerships through meaningful collaborations Created or facilitated workshops for festivals we hosted or ran, procurement of supplies and registrationCreated a safe and physically & financially accessible space for folks of all experiences to learn

Seattle, Washington, United States

Held City and Community-wide roundtables both virtually and in-personAssessed the needs of BIPOC, Disabled, Rural and other traditionally excluded filmmakersDesigned a program to serve the needs of filmmakers looking to make it to the next stage of their careerPresented our research, program, and recommendations to the Board

Seattle, Washington, United States

Assisted a Director during pre-production and shooting of a feature film. My duties included taking notes during meetings, researching archival footage and documents, creating overheads for scenes, setting up meetings, following up on emails, setting up and running a live table read via zoom, creating daily shot list and overhead documents for crew, general secretarial and assistant tasks, location-scouting, technical support.

A task force devised to address the needs of filmmakers in the greater Seattle area. My area of focus was on Diversity and Inclusion.

Greater Seattle Area

Worked as a Teaching Artist and advisor for "Learning in Technology", a pilot program that is co-creating the future of immersive technology with students at Big Picture School, Arts Corps, Reel Grrls and a variety of amazing community partners and funding from Boeing, Office of Arts and Culture and the Carroll Family Fund.

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute

Led a group of Black and African-American students aged 9-12 through a one-day crash course in filmmaking from story ideation through screening their shorts at the end of the same day. (Reoccurring)

Greater Seattle Area

Created the 2018 360/AR/Virtual Reality Festival . Reviewed all submissions, sought out diverse content, curated films, and awarded filmmakers. Designed the festival from furniture to AR activations. Hired contractors and worked directly with Oculus and the Vera Project.

Seattle, Wa

Reached out to business owners in Washington State in regards to participating in MDA fundraisers. The money raised would go directly to funding the MDA childrens' summer camp.

London, United Kingdom And Galesburg, Il

Teacher's assistant preceding the trip to London. The job included: assisting 7pm-12am class; collecting passport information, grading papers, screening films, arranging technical assistance, preparation for trip to London. In London: making sure that every student was accounted for, information liaison.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Volunteered at a severely under-resourced primary school teaching children how to read; in my free time, I taught the older children poetry.

Kensington, Md

Assisted nurses and teachers with teenage students identified as having multiple disabilities that adversely affect their education

Silver Spring, Md

Assisting photographers during shoots. Arranging portfolios. Coffee Delivery.