Transformative narratives

Empowering stories for change

IMPACT

Empowering stories through media

Artist Development & Support

Arts Administrators of Color Conference
Chicago, IL

2023
Co-Presenter
"Restorative Practices for BIPOC Arts Administrators"
Berlinale/EFMBerlin, GERMANY

2023 & 2024
Co-Presenter
Restorative Practices for BIPOC Filmmakers

2021-2023
Co-Presenter
Anti-Racism & the Doc Industry
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Missoula, MT

2020
Coach
Big Sky Pitch

Presenter
Grant Writing 101

2019
Jury Member
Documentary Feature
Caribbean Film Academy
Miami, FL

2021
Panelist
“Funding & Financing"
DOK.fest
Munich, GERMANY

2021
Co-FACILITATOR
European BIPOC Perspectives workshop

Panelist
Kill the Documentary as We Know It: Combating Racism in the Documentary Industry
Dok Leipzig
Leipzig, GERMANY2018 - 2020
Advisor
Co-Pro Market Meeting

2018
Grant Reviewer
Emerging Women Directors Saxony Ministry Fund
Firelight Media
New York, NY

2023
Grant Reviewer
PBS/Firelight William Greaves CoPro Fund
Doc Society
London, England, UNITED KINGDOM

2018
Grant Reviewer
Feature Fund
In Docs/Docs by the Sea
Jakarta, INDONESIA

2021
Presenter
“US-Based Film Financing”

2020
Advisor
Filmmaker Meetings
Film Independent
Los Angeles, CA

2019 - 2021
Advisor
Documentary Lab & Fast Track Program
Freep Film Festival
Detroit, Ml

2019
Facilitator
Kartemquin Film’s Sustainability Conversation
Gotham/IFP Week
Brooklyn, NY

2018 - 2021
Advisor
Filmmaker Meetings
Hawai'i Women in Filmmaking
Honolulu, HI

2021
Panelist
Wāhine in Film Lab Film Financing
Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival
Toronto, ON, CANADA

2018 - 2020
Advisor
Deal Maker Meetings Advisor
Jerome Foundation
St. Paul, MN

2019
Grant Reviewer
New York & Minneapolis Arts Organizations Fund
Kartemquin Films
Chicago, IL

2020
Advisor
KTQ-Collaborative Filmmaker Meetings
Korea Next Media
Seoul, SOUTH KOREA

2019 - 2023
Coach & Advisor
Pitch Forum

2019
Presenter
Documentary Funding in the US
KVIFF Eastern Promises
Karlovy Vary, CZECH REPUBLIC

2020
Advisor
Industry Days Meetings
MakeDox
Skopje, MACEDONIA
2020
Jury Member
Sliced Onion Documentary Short
Montreal Documentary Film Festival/RIDM
Montreal, QC, CANADA

2019
Advisor
One-on-One Filmmaker Meetings

Co-Presenter
North American and European Documentary Funds & Labs
National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)
Los Angeles, CA

2019 & 2020
Presenter
Put Your Best Pitch Forward

2017 - 2019
Advisor
Media Market
Points North Institute/Camden International Film Festival
Camden, ME

2020
Advisor
Filmmaker Meetings
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle, WA

2019
Mentor & Advisor
4th World Indigenous Filmmaker Lab
South East European Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA

2016-2024
Presenter
Finding Your Audience

2016 - 2018
Jury Member
Documentary Feature
Sheffield Documentary Film Festival
Sheffield, England, UNITED KINGDOM

2020
Advisor
Alternative Realities VR Meet Market

2021
Project Reviewer
Meet Market Assessor
Sundance Film Festival & Institute
Park City, UT

2021
Presenter
Transpossibilies Workshop: From Story to Audience

2018 & 2019
Advisor
Filmmaker Meetings
Tribeca Film Institute
New York, NY

2020
Advisor
TFI Industry Network Filmmaker Meetings
UCLA’s Center for European & Russian Studies (CERS)
Los Angeles, CA

2024
Panel Moderator
Ukrainian Cinema and Expat Storytellers
Women in Film
Los Angeles, CA

2019
AdvisorFilm Financing Forum
- 2019 - Advisor, Film Financing Forum
- 2018 - Grant Reviewer, Finishing Fund 1st Round