Education
2023 Creative Development Agency Member, SOW, New York, NY
2016- 2019 BFA in Film Production, Emerson College, Boston, MA 2015 Digital Video, New York State Summer School of the Arts, Oswego, NY 2014 Theatre Arts, The Summer Arts Institute, Queens, NY
Press
2022 Yaya Bey details new album Remember Your North Star, shares “Keisha”, The FADER
2020 21 BIPOC Photographers and Videographers to Commission Your Band Portraits, Music Videos, and More, ADHOC
2019 Students self-fund films in response to limited college support, The Berkeley Beacon
2015 TEENS ON BROADWAY Showcase Set for the Circle in the Square This Month, Broadway World
2015 Photo Flash: CHICAGO's Brandy Norwood Mentors Garden of Dreams' 2015 Talent Show Kid, Broadway World
Selected Exhibitions + Screenings
2024 “We Are Named for Our Ancestors”. Film Diary III: Coldest Winter, RooBeeRoo Mansion, Tehran, Iran2024 “We Are Named for Our Ancestors”. Film Diary III: Coldest Winter, San Mei Gallery, London, UK
2024 “We Are Named for Our Ancestors”. Film Diary III: Coldest Winter, Kino Palais, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2024 “We Are Named for Our Ancestors”. Film Diary III: Coldest Winter, Milennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2023 “We Are Named for Our Ancestors”. Samkofa, Brooklyn, NY
2021 “Missing First Period”. New York Shorts International Film Festival, Witchita, KS
2021 “Missing First Period”. Tallgrass Film Festival, Witchita, KS
2021 “Missing First Period”. IFF Boston (Student Shorts), Boston, MA
2020 “Missing First Period”. Emerson Film Festival, Emerson College, Boston, MA
2019 “We Are Named for Our Ancestors”. Yes Mom, It’s Supposed to be Weird, Emerson College, Boston, MA,
2016 “Reversal”. In The Making, MoMA, New York, New York
2015 Destroy Everything: Tearing Things Down & Building Things Up, MoMA, New York, New York
Publications
2019 Symptoms, Developed Images
2019 Magazine Gold, INDEX
Presentations + Lectures
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture — Haunted House: Three Research Performances, Studio45, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture — Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2020 Teaching Artist Lecture — NYSSSA, Alfred, New York
2019 Teaching Artist Lecture — NYSSSA, Alfred, New York
Teaching and Related Experience
2020 Digital Arts Specialist, Media Lab, Madison Square Boys and Girls Club, New York, NY 2020 Instructor, Digital Video, New York State Summer School of the Arts, New York, NY
2019 Teacher Assistant, Digital Video, New York State Summer School of the Arts, New York, NY
Awards + Grants
2021 Outstanding Rising Star, “Missing First Period”, Tallgrass Film Festival, Wichita, KS
2020 Marcia Robbins Wilf Women in Film Award, “Missing First Period”, Emerson Film Festival, Boston, MA
2019 Student Project Grant. Emerson College, Boston, MA
2016 Legislative Resolution — New York State Senate