Ever since I was younger, making iMovie music videos with my friends in my New Jersey basement, I’ve loved storytelling. From short shorts to professional projects, from feature scripts to short stories to social media copy, nothing is better to me than a good narrative. This passion seeped into academics and extracurriculars at Tufts University, including leadership roles in TUTV, Major: Undecided Sketch Comedy, and Traveling Treasure TRUNK. I’ve even taken these skills into the world of coding, through game design and web programming. Now, as I embark on careers in media and marketing, I’m excited to continue refining my storytelling skills and putting them to good use!
Editor
Using Premiere Pro, I’ve edited promotional materials, class assignments, club projects, and short films
PlayAlong Games Promotional Materials (2024-2025)
Edited promotional materials for PlayAlong Games, a website that hosts trivia games you can play with friends while watching your favorite movies & TV shows!
The Nova (2023)
Generated rough cut, and carried out audio editing, color correction, and graphic design for short film. The film follows Rose on a journey of self-discovery, with help from her friends and ex-lover.
Parade of Nations (2022)
Filmed footage of 2022 Parade of Nations, an event held by the Tufts International Club, and edited it into a short trailer. Song used is Divinity by Porter Robinson ft. Amy Millan
Guess Your Major Challenge (2021)
Created rough cut, and led collaborative club-wide post-production effort, for TUTV promotional video where host Donovan guesses the majors of Tufts students. Part of ongoing Bosfeed project.
Filmmaker
I’ve directed many short films and long-form videos in various genres
Caged Animals (2021)
Fear runs free. An original short horror film from TUTV. Follows college student Hugo on a particularly bad mental breakdown, filled with hallucinations of a terrifying monster.
lmao im still lipsyncing (2022)
A collection of lipsyncs ala Lypsinka’s I Could Go On Lipsyncing. Features songs from modern day divas with strong political voices, alluring blends of persona/personhood, and strong relations to queerness. Explores sexuality and gender performance as sincerely artificial self-expressions.
Boiling Point (2020)
A film my From Script to Screen class and I wrote, filmed, and edited during the pandemic. Follows four interconnected stories of people surviving pandemic times, including a man going through it in lockdown, a woman clinging to routine, and one particularly lucky lobster.
Influencer
I’ve created professional social media content for a variety of companies, like CNN, Zivvy News, and Consolidated Wonder. This content includes images, graphics, and videos for a variety of platforms, including Instagram and TikTok.
Another big moment! Unlike other posts that have a template you fit images and copy into, CNN didn’t have an existing template for split graphics – so I took an existing template and made this!Another photo gallery from CNN! Where it all began! This post was actually the first post CNN Climate did using a new template! It was an honor to debut it!A portrait video I made for CNN’s Instagram account, about how countries around the world had tackled/were tackling COVID. If this CNN Climate post looks different to you, that’s because this post used an ill-fated template. RIP. Another blast from the past of CNN Climate! Take me out to the ball game! Another CNN Social Publishing TikTok, this one about robots taking over the stands at Japanese baseball games during COVID times! Still the most popular TikTok on my account, by a LONG shot. Yes, it’s not for CNN or CNN Climate or Major: Undecided or the Green House, but I have to prove that I’m a nano-influencer in my own right, right? Btw if you agree with any of my predictions, PLEASE let me know.I will remember you… Will you remember me… This was the first TikTok I made as part of CNN’s foray onto the platform. It did the numbers for sure!A news TikTok I made for Zivvy News, a news account on TikTok by and for Gen Z people. The TikTok covered anti-trans bills in the U.S.Another news TikTok I made for Zivvy News, a news account on TikTok by and for Gen Z people. The TikTok covered Maxwell Frost, the first Gen Z member of Congress!A TikTok I made as part of CNN’s Social Publishing team, for a project testing the waters of TikTok news audiences. This one focuses on dresses made for a duct tape prom dress contest!Another square video re-edit, this one about endangered tigers returning to areas of western Thailand during the pandemic!Another square video re-edit, this time about plant-based foods!This post is the result of a lot of research about the phenomenon of climate gentrification, especially in the U.S.! A very illuminating topic, I highly recommend reading more about it!Getting even fancier: GIFs! This was actually one of the first GIF posts CNN Climate ever did! Also, it’s another of the first posts I created for CNN Climate using a new template set, introduced while I was an intern there!Another CNN post, this one distilled from an article about Michelle Obama opening up on her podcast, down to a quote.Every year, Major: Undecided Sketch Comedy does Sketch Show in a Day, where we write, direct, and perform a sketch show in 24 hours. As the PR person in 2020, I took photos of the show process!A CNN News Headline graphic I made. Another quote post! It’s a good time to mention that, when turning CNN articles into Instagram posts, I discussed with my team whether to make them a quote post or a headline post. This was also one of the first posts I created for CNN Climate using a new template set, introduced while I was an intern there!Another option for CNN posts is the photo gallery: for when you have too many good images to a single headline post!A CNN video I re-edited into a square video, tailor made for Instagram.More Major: Undecided Show PR! Need to build up excitement before the big performance!Say “hi” to the Major: Undecided COVID crew!Another square video re-edit, this time about plant-based foods!
Writer
Along with the social media copy above, I’ve also written short stories and scripts.
A Chance Encounter (Short Story, OUTSPOKEN Magazine 2024, Page 23)FLEE (Ongoing Novella)Gaia (Microfiction)The Ithas Files (Ongoing Serial)track (Short Screenplay)Mortem (Feature-Length Screenplay)Animal (Short Screenplay)In Passing (Short Screenplay)Gays Who Code (Pilot Screenplay)La Petite Mort (Short Screenplay)Streetlights (Short Story)
John Stewart 