Hello!I am currently a third year Film and Media Studies student at the University of California, Irvine under the Honors Humanities program. I am an active member of multiple on campus film organizations including the DigiFilm Society where I will be serving as Co-Director for the upcoming academic year. Outside of the film community, I am a peer mentor in the Foster Youth Resilience in Education program.As a Film and Media student studying the historical impact of film, I’ve focused on integrating my passion for inclusion and identity as a former foster and adopted youth. In my second year, I produced and edited "Little Angels," a last-minute documentary with only five minutes to tell a powerful story. Former foster youth Carolina shares her journey through Los Angeles and reflects on her complex past. Given the stakes, my editor and I were committed to representing her story authentically and accurately.I learned something invaluable from our ten hour, all-nighter, deadline driven editing stint; you may capture one of the most organic and raw moments you have ever experienced in your entire life on a 4K camera in a beautifully lit and decorated studio, but nothing will ever match the potential to move an audience like a well timed contextualized retelling of someone’s experience. In a room of no more than 100 people, I felt the impact this piece had on the audience; where could Carolina’s story take an entire nation of people? At some point in my career I will find the answer to this question.