Everyone has a story, but not everyone has the resources to tell it. My strengths visual and written outreach allow me to help people craft their stories and engage their listeners.
When I started college at Tulane University, I knew I wanted to be an agent for social change. My freshmen and sophomore years were dedicated to Sociology and Environmental Studies classes, aiming to understand the nitty-gritty of inequality. However, I couldn't yet see my place in dismantling the structures I now better understood.
I took a creative writing class and found myself spending hours of my free time writing non-fiction stories about folks I had met through my non-profit work, specifically, through a summer position at the Homeless Garden Project. I felt I needed to practice the craft of writing in order to best tell these stories. I switched my major to English with a concentration in creative writing and haven't looked back since, adding a second major in Digital Media Practice. I have found my vantage point from which I will impact change: using filmmaking and creative writing to uplift others' voices.
I am currently writing my senior Honor's Thesis within the Tulane English Department, which will amount to collection of essays surrounding loss and civil uprising in New Orleans in 2020. For my Digital Media Practice coursework, I am in the early stages of production of a short horror film that addresses issues of class struggle and land ownership, for which I have been awarded a grant from NTC. The final products of each of these academic pursuits will be available for the public before my upcoming graduation in May 2021. Outside of school, I am working as the Audio/Visual Storyteller within the marketing department of Thrive New Orleans.
Post-graduation, I intend on leveraging my writing and filmmaking skills into opportunities that allow me to grow my breadth of experience while collaborating with other creatives.
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