my story & career

I’m a Japanese & Libyan immigrant filmmaker, storyteller, cultural worker, and trauma-informed practitioner based in Los Angeles, CA.

Who I am

Storytelling, community, and healing are not three separate callings. They are one practice, and I have spent my life learning to do it well. I believe the most powerful thing I can offer anyone is genuine presence and lived embodiment put into practice.

Cultural Production

Los Angeles Times
UCI Magazine
Film Independent
Her Campus Media

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A UC Irvine graduate in Film & Media and Asian/Arab American Studies, my work spans narrative and documentary film, editorial magazine, podcast and oral history production, digital archives, and museum research — including archival work rooted in Washington, D.C.

I have collaborated with the Smithsonian Institution, California State Parks, UCLA, Visual Communications, Her Campus Media, and numerous AANHPI nonprofit organizations.

I program, moderate, and host across film festivals, arts convenings, and community events — curating nourishing spaces for those that too often go undervalued. I have shaped artist experiences at Oscar-qualifying international film festivals and intentional learning workshops for community-based organizations and wellness-centered businesses.

Education

Miss Arab USA 2026 – Top 20 Finalist
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance – John Delloro Generations Rising Award
UC Irvine Department of Asian American Studies – Student of the Year
UC Irvine DREAM Center - Outstanding Community Builder of the Year

Community Care & Healing Practice

As a certified Full-Spectrum Doula trained with the Birthworkers of Color Collective, I approach community engagement with a body-informed, justice-rooted lens.

My background as a spiritual healer – offering psychic and tarot divination, Reiki energy work and herbal apothecary support – gives me a somatic understanding of people that deepens everything else I do.

Awards

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