FILMS
Feature Documentary
Role: Editor
Premiered at Hot Docs and was broadcast on PBS’ Independent Lens. Supported by Tribeca Film Institute, Sundance Institute, Firelight Media, Black Public Media, Latino Public Broadcasting, ITVS, and Chicken & Egg.
SILENT BEAUTY
dir. Jasmin Mara López
Feature Documentary
Role: Consulting Editor
Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS’ POV. Supported by Sundance Institute.
LIQUOR STORE DREAMS
dir. So Yun Um
Feature Documentary
Role: Editor
Premiered at SXSW and was broadcast on PBS’ Voces. Supported by Ford Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, BAVC, Latino Public Broadcasting.
building the american dream
dir. Chelsea Hernandez
Feature Documentary
Role: Co-Producer and Additional Editor
Premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS’ POV. Winner of the Sundance INNOVATOR and NEXT audience awards. Supported by Ford Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Sundance Institute, Fork Films, SURDNA.
the infiltrators
dir. Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera
Short Documentary
Role: Editor
Premiered at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and was acquired by Al Jazeera’s Witness. Supported by the Tribeca Film Institute IF/Then program.
status pending
dir. Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz
Short Narrative Film
Role: Editor
Premiered at SFFILM Festival.
along away
dir. Betsy Tsai
Short Documentary
Role: Editor
Premiered at Cleveland Film Festival and was acquired by LA Times Short Docs.
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MIGRATION
dir. Chelsea Abbas and Erin Semine Kökdil
Feature Documentary
Role: Co-Editor
Premiered at Dallas International Film Festival.
TAKE IT AWAY
dir. Adrian Arredondo and Myrna Perez
Short Documentary
Role: Editor
Premiered at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
MAYBE IT’S JUST THE RAIN
dir. Reina Bonta
Short Documentary
Role: Editor
Premiered on the New Yorker Documentary.
LA ISLA
dir. Amada Torruella
Documentary Series
Role: Consulting Editor
Premiered at Cleveland Film Festival. Supported by Firelight Media and PBS.
HOMEGROWN SERIES
dir. Various
Feature Documentary
Role: Editor
Premiered at DOCNYC, won the audience award. Supported by Firelight Media, Latino Public Broadcasting.
SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE
dir. Steph Ching and Ellen Martinez
Short Documentary
Role: Director and Editor
Premiered at True/False Film Festival.
HOW THE WEST WAS FUN
dir. Sue Ding and Sarah Garrahan
Short Documentary
Role: Consulting Editor
Premiered at DOCNYC, screened at IDFA and was released on Vimeo Staff Picks.
MAKEOVER MOVIE
dir. Sue Ding
Short Documentary
Role: Director and Editor
Premiered at SF Urban Film Festival and was screened at Shadow Kitchen and the Video Consortium’s filmmaker showcase.
PASSERSBY
dir. Sue Ding and Sarah Garrahan
Short Documentary
Role: Editor
Broadcast on Spain’s TV3.
LA CAMBRA FOSCA
dir. Déborah Chacón and Cristiana Pecci
Short Documentary
Role: Consulting Editor
Screened at NYLFF, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, Poppy Jasper and was acquired for streaming on Kanopy.
EXPANDING SANCTUARY
dir. Kristal Sotomayor
Short Documentary
Role: Consulting Editor
Screened at Newport Beach Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, Poppy Jasper, Doclands, Newfest, and Sidewalk.
DON’T CRY FOR ME ALL YOU DRAG QUEENS
dir. Kristal Sotomayor
Feature Documentary
Role: Consulting Editor
Premiered at Indie Memphis, part of IDA’s DocuClub initiative.
I AM
dir. Jessica Chaney
Short Documentary
Role: Editor
Premiered at the Academy’s 13th Governors Award Ceremony, where Michael J. Fox was presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (honorary oscar).
Michael J. Fox - Academy Award video
dir. Davis Guggenheim
Short Documentary
Role: Editor
Premiered on PBS’ Independent Lens as part of a series on DAs across the country.
FROM THE HAMMER TO THE HAND
dir. Emily Cohen Ibañez
Feature Documentary
Role: Assistant Editor
Premiered at Telluride Film Festival and was streamed as an Amazon Prime Original.
WILDCAT
dir. Trevor Frost and Melissa Lesh
Feature Documentary
Role: Assistant Editor
Premiered at Hot Docs and was broadcast on PBS’ POV. Supported by Sundance, IDA, Fork Films, and Field of Vision.
STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS
dir. Jalena Keane-Lee
Feature Documentary
Role: Assistant Editor
Premiered at DOCNYC and was broadcast on PBS’ American Documentary. Supported by the Ford Foundation, Sundance, Field of Vision, IDA, AXS Film Fund, and Fork Films.
FIRE THROUGH DRY GRASS
dir. Andres Jay Molina and Alexis Neophytides
recognitions
DOCNYC’s 40 Under 40, 2024
Karen Schmeer Editing Fellow, 2024
Advisor, Sundance Building Bridges Fellowship, 2024
Filmmaker Magazine 25 New Faces, 2023
Juror, Oxford Film Festival, 2023
Consulting Editor for IDA’s DocuClub, 2023
Consulting Editor for Firelight’s Homegrown Series, 2022
Chair of Best Editing Committee, International Documentary Association, 2022
Visions du Réel Rough Cut Lab, Silent Beauty, 2021
Visiting Artist, Duke University, 2020
Screener, Sundance Documentary Fund, 2017-2019
Felsman Fellow, Duke University, 2015
Flaherty Fellow, 2013
Guest Lecturer at USC, UCLA, UT Austin, University of Mississippi, ASU, and Tulane
EDUCATION
MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts, Duke University, 2014
MA in Creative Documentary, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2010
BS in Radio, Television and Film from the University of Texas, 2009