Films
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2024 | director | cinematographer | editor | 11: 39
This love letter to grandma is voiced by a third-generation Dominican-American filmmaker as she uncovers her family heritage.
screenings: Reel Works Film Festival at SVA Theatre (2024), Paramount in Manhattan (2024) Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (2024)
awards: F. John Outcalt Award for Outstanding Filmmaking (2025, Reel Works ChangeMKRS Gala), Best Documentary (2024, Nou Akoma Nou Sinèji Haitian Dominican Transnational Film Festival), Best Documentary Film (2024, Reel Works)
Created in Reel Works Dual Language Documentary Lab
Pilots & Screenplays
Gloria
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pilot | dramedy | coming-of-age | writer | 50 Pages
A 14 year old Dominican girl, her three female friends and their families navigate life, love and friendship in 1980’s Queens, New York. The show is set in the wave of hip hop, the AIDS epidemic, immigration and Ronald Reagan’s crackdown on drugs amidst the New York Mets unanticipated run to the World Series.
Broken Backs
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play | dramedy | writer | in progress
Ryan, a 64 year old African-American went to prison in 1978 for selling Marijuana in Compton, California during the “War on Drugs.” Now out, he must reacclimate to his family, environment and life as a formerly convicted felon.