Category: Career & Academic Highlights
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‘From Millersville To Movie Screen’: Featured By My Alma Mater!
Coming Full Circle With Paper Birds Honored to have been featured today in this piece published by my alma mater, Millersville University of Pennsylvania! Special thanks to Hannah who did a phenomenal job putting this together. Getting to talk about the impact undergrad research has had on me–especially my time spent working on Paper Birds–is…
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Presenting My Film at TCC URSA Retreat
I was absolutely honored to serve as the Plenary Speaker at Tulsa Community College’s (TCC) annual UR retreat this past Friday! A showing of my documentary, Paper Birds, was followed by an interview conducted by Mona Easterling, an assistant professor at TCC and co-cordinatior of undergrad research. There, I talked about my own journey as an undergraduate…
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Finally A College Grad!
Glad to be a grad!! 📚🎓🍎 Where did the time go? Last night, I graduated Millersville University as Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Media Arts Production and a minor in Graphic Communication Technology. To my fellow graduates: On top of navigating the challenges of college and the transition into adulthood,…
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Last Day of School!
Last day as a college student…what a way to go out! Lovely day spent with lovely people. Hard to believe it’s already over
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Big Month!
Officially two weeks out till graduation. NCUR last week, new job this upcoming week, and finals the following week. It’s a busy, beautiful spring! Thanks Kristina for these lovely pictures 🙂 I always wanted grad photo for my high school graduation, but never got them. Nice to have them for college.
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Paper Birds: A Thank You
I’ll definitely have more to say regarding Paper Birds and NCUR because there’s just so much to cover, but firstly, I wanted to dedicate a post to everyone who’s made this project—and this showcasing opportunity—possible: I’d like to start by thanking my friends and family. I couldn’t have asked for a better support system, and…
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Photographing Mattel’s Paramedic Barbie for 1stRCF
In hopes of highlighting the heroes of the Pandemic, in conjunction with releasing six dolls inspired by real frontline workers, Mattel also created a nurse, doctor and paramedic Barbie for their “Play it Forward” campaign. For each doll sold at Target, Mattel donated $5 to the First Responders Children’s Foundation (1stRCF). During my internship (2021),…
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On Set: Advanced TV2 Production Day
Today was Advanced TV2’s big day for our shoot with local first responders! We spent the morning filming outside of Jefferson Hall at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Our footage will be pieced together to create an educational video breaking down what communication among different departments should look like during an active shooter scenario. Excited to watch…
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My First Grant As a Documentarian!
Sometimes I’m hesitant to share good news because I get scared it’ll cause the pendulum to swing the other way, but I’m a bit too excited for caution today: As 2022 was coming to a close, it felt like things were going wrong left and right. My one and only hard drive failed, losing access…
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Congressional Reception for Sherry Chen
In December, I was invited to our nation’s capital to photograph the congressional reception of Sherry Chen on behalf of United Chinese Americans (UCA): “Back in October of 2014, Sherry Chen’s life was ruthlessly upended after being wrongfully arrested on charges of economic espionage. Coworkers looked on as the award-winning hydrologist was led out of…
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