Visual Art
2023
Lead Animator, Live-Action with Rotoscope Animation
2022
Riso-printed with tourquoise and blue ink, 5" x 5"
Featured at Sounds About Riso 2022 in Brooklyn, NY
2019
Director, Live-Action Narrative Short
Featured at the 2020 Iowa Film Festival
2018
Director, Live-Action Experimental Short
Featured at the 2019 Oaxaca Film Festival
2017
Director, Live-Action Narrative Short
Featured on the NYU Tisch Special Programs Website
Zines
2023
Surviving This Shit
2022
How To Steal From Your Job
2022
Featured in Taxonomy Press' "Summer Floral Observer"
2022
Featured in Shapeless Press' "PLAY"
2022
Featured in Shapeless Press' "Seen/Unseen"
2021
ADULT: Binders Pt. 2
2021
2021
KID: The Cabin
Lectures & Panels
2024
Gallatin Student Research Conference
NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Presented my paper on Urania as a culmination of my research under the Gallatin Dean's Summer Research Grant. Participated in a panel hosted by political theorist Dr. Ferris Lupino.
2024
CRS Graduate Student Conference,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Presented my paper on community care in trans performance spaces framed through Cody Stickel's documentary “A Night At Switch N Play”. I reveal my version of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems model to reflect the self-made systems of care in trans communities.
2023
Documenting Ourselves: Zines As Proof of Existence
Circa Queer Histories Festival, ONE Archives
Lecture on history of queer and trans self-publishing, followed by a zine reading. The rest of the workshop is dedicated writing and creating zines in the 8-page mini style.
Residencies & Fellowships
2026
SAFTA Writers Coop Residency
Sundress Academy for the Arts
Two-week academic writing residency based in East Tennessee to work on interpreting data from a recent trans nightlife ethnographic study and start writing up my findings.
2025
Queer Ecologies Collective III:
SOMA / INITIATES / GNOSIS
Mildred's Lane
Week-long collective residency with artists and academics discussing embodied and performative research methods for accessible and legible knowledge. The collective focused on decomposing hierarchies between traditional academic work, social practice, and performative pedagogy.
Education
2022 - 2025
MA in Queer/Trans Semiotics & Self-Expression
NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Master of Arts in Individualized Study with a focus on queer and trans semiotics and self-expression.
2014 - 2018
BFA in Film & Television Production
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & TV Production with a focus on directing.
Community Engagement
2022 - Present
Social Media Coordinator
Shapeless Press
2021 - Present
TRANScend Sings Choir
Part 3/Tenor. New York's first trans/gender-expansive classical vocal ensemble.
2021 - 2022
Gender-Affirming Post-Op Care Provider
QueerCare Inc, in partnership with Callen Lorde.
2020 - 2021
Street Marshal/Police Liason
Across Frontlines, JFREJ, QWave, Queer Liberation March
Skills & Expertise
Animation & Digital Art
Toon Boom Harmony | Procreate | Adobe Photoshop | Spectrolite
Traditional Art
Collage | Copic Markers | Embroidery | Doodling
Post Production
DaVinci Resolve | Adobe Premiere Pro | Avid Media Composer
Research
G-Suite | Microsoft Office | AirTable