Director

I was born and largely raised in Toledo, Ohio, with some time spent in Detroit and Atlanta.

In 2014, I spent my first summer in New York City—where I’d spend each summer while studying, before moving to the city full-time in May 2018.

With many nights sleeping on couches and methods of hiding financial instability and housing insecurity, I made space for myself as a laborer on video content productions. Said work was often production assistance on commercials and music videos (for corporate-backed artists). I later found my way into smaller-budget cinema with cherished opportunities on Standing Up, Falling Down (Ratner, 2020), and Ya No Estoy Aqui (Frias, 2019). Later, I took office opportunities in streaming TV (Showtime’s ‘The Loudest Voice,’ HBO’s ‘High Maintenance’)—with the intent of understanding producer-level correspondences and the incentive of a more long-term position.

Throughout my time in NYC, I’ve made space to express myself in writing, music, photography, and video. As we begin to wake from our slumber, I seek to expand my practice in cinema, championing a community of global solidarity and fulfilling my ancestral mission of liberation.

E-mail: suburbanrealism@gmail.com

Instagram: @urbanrealist