CV
EDUCATION
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, London, UK
MA, Character Animation
New York University, New York, NY
BA, Economics (Policy Track); Minor, Film Production
FELLOWSHIPS
Short-Term Research Fellowship, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library 2026
Microsoft-NABJ Storytelling Fellowship, one of two fellows nationwide 2022
FILMS
What's in a Name, Director & Animator 2025
The R.O.L.E, Director & Animator 2023
SCREENINGS
What's in a Name
- Decolonizing Frames Festival, Turin, Italy, winner, Best Short Animation 2026
- Black Harvest Film Festival, Chicago, IL, official selection 2026
- KAF x Animator, Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław, Poland, curated screening 2026
- Women's Voices Now Film Festival, winner, Best Student Documentary 2026
- BLAC Film Festival, Chattanooga, TN, winner, Ficus Natal Award 2026
- Frame by Frame Festival, Nairobi, Kenya, official selection 2025
- Vancouver Black Independent Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, official selection 2025
- Chicago Film Symposium, Chicago, IL, official selection 2025
The R.O.L.E
- London International Animation Festival, London, UK, official trailer 2023
EXHIBITIONS
Celebration of Life (2021), Gathering Place: A Family Album, Griffin Museum of Photography 2025
AWARDS & GRANTS
Ficus Natal Award (Cultural Depth Film Award), BLAC Film Festival, What's in a Name 2026
Best Short Animation, Decolonizing Frames Festival, Turin, Italy, What's in a Name 2026
Best Student Documentary, Women's Voices Now Film Festival, What's in a Name 2026
Playbook Imagination Fund Grant 2024
WRITING & PHOTOGRAPHY
"The Bombing That Changed Abuja Forever", The Republic
US border reopening, scenes from Newark Airport, Bloomberg (writing & photography)
PRESS
Vogue Adria, "10 films about women that might just change how you see the world"