ABOUT ME

Even from an early age, I’ve been telling stories. Hamming it up in the classroom, playing dress up around the house, writing short books (really just a couple pieces of paper stapled together), storytelling was always a huge part of who I am.

I started doing musical theater in 2012, as a second grader. This was a great outlet to channel my natural creative tendencies, and resulted in over 16 productions over the course of a decade. While I no longer do theater (or act regularly at all,) this did provide an avenue into my next ventures.

In middle school, I began appearing on the schools morning announcements program. While I started off as on air talent, I was hooked by everything that went on behind the scenes, and I began

This continued into high school, where I was a member of Shawnee TV for four years, and was the programs president from 2021 to 2022. There, I began telling stories from behind the lens of a camera, rather than in front of it.

While the COVID pandemic was detrimental in a ton of ways, it also proved to be a great time to be an aspiring filmmaker, as I created many of my first short films during this time. I would especially like to single out “Google Meet Mayhem,” which took a humorous look at the early days of virtual learning.

2021 saw the release of two of my most popular and well regarded works- “Bagman,” written during a screenwriting seminar through Philadelphias University of the Arts, was a serious drama about the mental health impact of the pandemic, which has gone on to win various accolades nationally and abroad, while “Dinolad” was brief a comedic parody of slasher films that ended up garnering nearly 150,00 views on YouTube.

From 2021 to 2022, I worked as an Option 2 Intern for Lenape District Television. This program encompassed a wide range of skills, including coverage of sports gamers throughout the district and creation of materials for the districts safe driving campaign, Heads Up, Eyes Forward. 2022 also saw me garner four awards at the annual LDTV Awards, including the prestigious Cheryl Haines Germinario Memorial Award.

In 2022, I began pursuing my BFA degree in Film at Montclair State University, just a quick train ride away from NYC. There, I produced two of my most well received films to date, the experimental “Book X,” and the animated “My Friend, The Shadow.”

At MSU, I also became heavily involved with 90.3 WMSC Radio. Through the station, I have hosted or co-hosted a variety of shows, most notably “Movies ‘Til Midnight,” which has aired since November 2022. I also have been a member of the stations flagship news program, “The Morning Buzz,” starting off as a newscaster before working up to a segment host in the spring of 2023. I have also been a significant member of the stations video production team, editing their Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas videos for 2023. I also became regularly contributing reviews and articles to the Montclarion, MSU’s student run newspaper.

In the summer of 2023, I had the opportunity to work with my local YMCA branch as a social media intern, running their Instagram account and assisting with photography duties. That same summer, I worked on the set of Bruce Novotny’s short film “Six Miles At Sea,” filmed in Manahwakin, NJ.

I began working as an intern for Hawk Plus, Montclairs official student streaming platform, starting in January of 2024, where I hosted my own movie talk show, “It’s Just a Movie.” Around the same time I began contributing to Trill Mag as an entertainment writer and critic. I also directed a new short film, titled “The Main Character,” which involved nearly 40 cast members, and began working as a Production Coordinator with the Morning Buzz at WMSC.

In the summer of 2024, I was promoted to Co-Producer for the summer edition of “The Morning Buzz,” and began work as a videographer for my local YMCA Branch.

Once fall rolled around again, we rebranded “Movies ‘Til Midnight” as “Cinema Sunrise,” delivering weekly film news in the mornings rather than the middle of the night. I also began working as a freelance editor during this time.