is a  filmmaker residing in Los Angeles. She currently serves as an associate programmer for the Santa Fe International Film Festival. She earned her BA from Baylor University at the age of 19 and her MFA in Film and Television Production from the University of Southern California in 2021.

Her previous short films were distributed to Shorts TV, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, and SAMANSA. Her films were screened at over than 30 film festivals including prominent Oscar-qualifying film festivals in the United States. The list includes Annapolis Film Festival, Riverrun International Film Festival, DeadCenter Film Festival, Dances with Films, FilmQuest Film Festival, Santa Fe International Film Festival and Flicker Rhode Island International Film Festival. 

Throughout her time at USC, she was granted the university's most renowned student scholarships, including the James Bridges and Jack Larson scholarships, the Fox Fellowship Endowment, and the Irving Lerner Endowment Fund.

She worked as an assistant director on the 2021 Chinese hit "The Day We Lit Up the Sky," which grossed over 20 million dollars domestically in China.

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