I see the world with empathy for all people and parts of nature, and with a critical lens for how our systems of power and control often fail to serve our collective wellbeing. I embody this dichotomy in my work as a writer, filmmaker, and educator.

From 2017-2022 I lived in Los Angeles teaching filmmaking and media literacy, working on creative projects, co-facilitating social justice initiatives at my educational institutions, playing cello, and roasting coffee in a pan on the stove.

I’ve made features, shorts, documentaries, video art, installations, and multimedia work. I’ve relied on strangers on a cross-country road trip (in 2015’s feature documentary American Bear: An Adventure in the Kindness of Strangers), I’ve traveled around the world for 10 months (in 2016’s multimedia web project Boundaries), I’ve interviewed a tree (in 2019’s short experimental documentary I’m A Tree, supported by the Catskills Creative Residency), and I’ve recorded two albums of improvised cello music, mostly outdoors (available on Spotify and all streaming music services). In 2019-2022 I made four short films exploring relationships to nature, seeking to translate energy and experiences beyond words.

In 2023 I walked across the United States, over 4,000 miles from the California-Mexico border to the Maine-Canada border. I’m currently writing a book about it. Explore my inspiration here.

Now I live in Ashland, OR, following my passions into new community and connections, and translating my walk into a book about the American landscape: politics, nature, compassion and its limits, and the narratives that shape our lives.

I’d love to connect with you — send me a message here.