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Director and Writer

Balikbayan follows a Filipina immigrant as she grapples with the physical distance from the family she left behind and the cultural disconnect from her daughters in the United States.

Official Selection to the San Francisco International, Hawaii International, Virginia, Tacoma, Julien Dubuque International, Rochester International, Asian American International, Manhattan, and the Nitehawk Shorts Film Festivals where it won the Grand Jury Award and Audience Award.

Balikbayan is now streaming as an official Vimeo Staff Pick.

Bookends short film poster.

Director - Writer - Cinematographer

Bookends spans the duration of Maggie and Chase's relationship as they navigate the peaks and valleys of love and commitment, told through their voicemails to each other. 

Official Selection to the Imagine This Women's International Film Festival 2019, High Falls Women's Film Festival 2019, and ME Film Festival 2020/2021.

Nominated for Best Actress and Best Directorial Debut at MEFF 2020/2021. 

Cinematographer

A Short Film About Family, directed by Stephen Plunkett, depicts a son in care of his aging father towards the end of his life. 

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