ADVOCACY

GDC Volunteer + Member, IGDA (Independent Game Developers Association), San Fransisco, CA, 2023 to present

DASEC (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Accessibility and Stakeholder Engagement Committee) Lay Member, Safe in our World, England and Wales - 2023 to present

Narrative Design Mentor, ADPList, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2022 to present

Ambassador, Women in Games, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2022 to present

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GRANTS

BC Arts Council Capacity and Sustainability Grant, in collaboration with Aeriosa Dance Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

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ACADEMIC ROLES

AERP Fellow, Arts Ecosystem Research Project, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA - 2020 to 2022

Graduate Student Researcher, Arts Ecosystem Research Project, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA - 2018

Teaching Assistant, Arts Entrepreneurship, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA - 2017 to 2018

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CONFERENCES

Game Developers Conference (GDC), Conference Associate, San Fransisco, CA, USA - 2023

Arts BC Conference #NEXT40, Pro Action Cafe Facilitator, Kelowna, BC, Canada - 2019

[RE}CONNECT: Seattle Arts Leadership Conference, Programming Committee, Seattle, WA, USA - 2019

Arts BC Conference: Engagement in the #NewArtsEra, InterArts Presenter, Burnaby, BC, Canada - 2018

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ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Studio Lazulite, Founder and Director, Montréal, QC, Canada - 2022 to present

Clever Endeavour Games, Operations Manager and Narrative Designer, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2021 to 2022

The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Executive Artistic Director, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013 to 2019

Aether Avenue Theatre, Founding Member, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

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EDUCATION

Professional Certificate: Writing for Video Games, UBCx, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2022

MFA Arts Leadership, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA - 2018

BFA Creative Writing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

Entrepreneurship Cert., Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

IGDA (Independent Game Developers Association), Montreal, QC, Canada - 2022 to present

PTC (Playwrights Theatre Centre), Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2015 to present

GameplaySpace, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2021 to 2022 (closed)

ArtsBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2017 to 2019

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FILM PROGRAMMING

AFI FEST, Screener, Los Angeles, CA, USA - 2022 to present

Festival Cinématographique International de Montréal, Programming Director, Montréal, QC, Canada - 2020 to present

AFI DOCS, Screener, Los Angeles, CA, USA - 2021

Knoxville Film Festival, Juror, Knoxville, TN, USA - 2021

Massimadi Montréal · Festival des films et des arts LGBTQ afro, Screener, Montréal, QC, Canada - 2019

Catch and Release Festival, Awards Judge, Santa Monica, CA, USA - 2018

Back Alley Artists Night, Artistic Director, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Women in Film and Television Vancouver, Screener, Vancouver, BC - 2013, 2014

The Half Apple Festival, Programmer, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

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NARRATIVE

Red Trigger, Console game, Game Writer, Bold Spirit Studios, Montreal, QC - unannounced

Red Trigger: Prologue, Console game, Game Writer, Bold Spirit Studios, Montreal, QC - Q2 2023

Unannounced, Console game, Narrative, 2Blocks, Montreal, QC - unannounced

Unannounced, Console game, Narrative, OzWorks Studios, Detroit, MI - unannounced

Charcoal, PC and mobile game, Narrative Director, Studio Lazulite, Montreal, QC, Canada - unannounced

NIA, PC game, Narrative Director, Bacon Interactive, Montreal, QC, Canada - coming 2023

Unannounced, Console game, Narrative Designer + Writer, Clever Endeavour Games, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2021 to 2022

What A Story: Her Twisted Life, Mobile game, Interactive Story Writer, MegaZebra, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2020

What A Story: Relationship Status, Mobile game, Interactive Story Writer, MegaZebra, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2020

Modern Love, Mobile game, Interactive Story Writer, Shinezone, Dunkerque, France - 2018

In Need of Caffeine, Short film, Writer + Director, The Purple Stapler Initiative, presented by RATMA International Film Festival, Keighley College, Keighley, United Kingdom - 2014

The Crate, Short film, Co-Writer + Director + Editor, ERA Productions, presented by Escaping Goats Halloween Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

The Retirement Party, Stage + radio play, Co-writer + Director, presented by Aether Avenue, Simply Delicious, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

Divided Allegiance, One act, Playwright, presented by Brave New Play Rites, Dorothy Somerset Theater, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2012

STH, YA One act, Playwright, presented by Millard West Theatre Troupe, Nebraska State International Theatre Society (ITS), Omaha, NE, USA - 2010

O.M.G., YA One act, Playwright, presented by Young Playwrights Festival, The Rose Performing Arts, Omaha, NE, USA - 2010

Just A Date, YA One act, Playwright, presented by Young Playwrights Festival, The Rose Performing Arts, Omaha, NE, USA - 2009

Tree Girl, YA One act, Playwright, presented by Young Directors Festival, The Rose Performing Arts, Omaha, NE, USA - 2009

Midnight Visit, YA One act, Playwright, presented by Young Playwrights Festival, The Rose Performing Arts, Omaha, NE, USA - 2008

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EXPERIMENTAL DIGITAL MEDIA

XENO, Experimental dance film, Co-creator + Editor, ERA Productions, presented at Art In A Quarantine, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2020

Water is Life, Time-based media art, Co-creator + Editor, ERA Productions, presented at In Your Face, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA - 2017

LGBT Youth Voices, Short animated documentary, Co-creator, PSAS, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

art in a quarantine, Experimental dance film, Emily Newmann Productions, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2020

G11 Covid Time Capsule, Photography + journal entry, Arts to Heart Project, New Delhi, India - 2020

Original Hits by Original Artists, Mixed media, 57’ Biscayne, Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, USA - September 2017

Back Alley Artists Night, Experimental short film, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada - May 2017

Make America Create Again, Mixed media, Center on Contemporary Arts, Seattle, WA, USA - April 2017

Original Hits by Original Artists, Mixed media, 57’ Biscayne, Good Arts Building, Seattle, WA, USA - April 2017

In Your Face, Time-based media art, Seattle University MFA Arts Leadership Program, Seattle, WA, USA - March 2017

Back Alley Artists Night, Mixed media, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

RATMA International Film Festival, Short film, Keighley College, Keighley, United Kingdom - 2014

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DIRECTION

XENO, Experimental dance film, Co-creator + Editor, independent, presented by Art In A Quarantine, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2020

Water is Life, Time-based media art, Co-creator + Editor, independent, presented by In Your Face, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA - 2017

In Need of Caffeine, Short film, Writer + Director, The Purple Stapler Initiative, presented by RATMA International Film Festival, Keighley College, Keighley, United Kingdom - 2014

LGBT Youth Voices, Short animated documentary, Co-creator, presented by The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

The Crate, Short film, Co-Writer + Director + Editor, independent, presented by Escaping Goats Halloween Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

The Retirement Party, Stage + radio play, Co-playwright + Director, presented by Aether Avenue, Simply Delicious, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

Porcelain and Pink, One act, Director, presented by Festival Dionysia, Dorothy Somerset Theater, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

VIDEO, One act, Director, presented by Brave New Play Rites, Dorothy Somerset Theater, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

A Roman Workday, One act, Director, presented by Festival Dionysia, Dorothy Somerset Theater, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2011

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stage play, Co-Director, presented by Young Directors Festival, The Rose Performing Arts, Omaha, NE, USA - 2010

Tree Girl, YA One act, Director, presented by Young Directors Festival, The Rose Performing Arts, Omaha, NE, USA - 2009

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CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS

YASIR ALI, Visual art, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Luppolo Brewing Co, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2017

CHRYS·A·LIS II, Performance, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre at the Goldcorp Center for the Arts, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2017

41 Weeks, Performance, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, The Chicken House, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2017

4th Annual Back Alley Artists Night, Multidisciplinary, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, CBC Studio 700, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2017

CHRYS·A·LIS I, Performance, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Lost & Found, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016

AMANDA SMART, Visual Art, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Cafe Rustico, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016

3rd Annual Back Alley Artists Night, Multidisciplinary, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, CBC Studio 700, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016

Punctuation Saves Lives, Literary readings, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Simply Delicious, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016 

2nd Annual Back Alley Artists Night, Multidisciplinary, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, CBC Studio 700, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2015

1st Annual Back Alley Artists Night, Multidisciplinary, The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Renegade Art Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

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VISUAL PUBLICATIONS

Center on Contemporary Art, Make America Create Again: Art Catalogue, Mixed Media, Seattle, WA, USA - 2017

Daily Hive, Hottest arts shows in Vancouver this July: Aerobatic tree huggers and Gastown back alley love, Dance Photography, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016

Georgia Straight, Vancouver’s summer arts fests take to treetops, beachfronts, and classical gardens, Dance Photography, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016

Inside Vancouver, Unforgettable dance performances coming with Dancing On the Edge fest!, Dance Photography, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016

Do604, VIFF Industry Event Coverage, Film Festival Photography, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016

Tofino Times, Aeriosa Dance Society, Dance Photography, Tofino, BC, Canada - 2014

The Gazette, Aeriosa Dance Society, Dance Photography, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

Westerly News, Aeriosa Dance Society, Dance Photography, Tofino, BC, Canada - 2014

The Cocopolitan, Fashion Photography, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

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ART DEPARTMENT

EOTW: Episode 1, Web Series, Production Designer, G. Campbell Film, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2017

Alice in the Dust, Short film, Set Decorator, Hammer & Tong Picture Industries, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016

Last, Short film, Art Director, UBC MFA Film Production, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2016

Kilai, Short film, Set Decorator, UBC Film Production, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

Dis Plais, Short film, Set Decorator, UBC Film Production, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

Baby Boot Camp, Feature film, Props Assistant, Johnson Production Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

The Crate, Short film, Production Designer, Escaping Goats 72 Hour Film Competition, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

The Spiral, Short film, Set Decorator + Props Assistant, Spiral Productions, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

Insecurbia, Short film, Set Decorator, UBC Film Production, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

What am I Doing Here, Short film, Set Decorator, UBC Film Production, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

Three Days in Havana, Feature film, Set Decorator, Gravity’s Pull Productions Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

Silent Devil, Short film, Costumes Set Supervisor, Quackua Sulis Productions, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2012

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PHOTOGRAPHY AFFILIATIONS

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, FNC, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2019

Seattle Arts Ecosystem Research Project, Seattle, WA, USA - 2018

TRANSlations Film Festival, Seattle, WA, USA - 2017, 2018

Seattle Arts Leadership Conference, Seattle, WA, USA - 2017, 2019

TWIST Queer Film Festival, Seattle, WA, USA - 2017

34th District Democrats, Seattle, WA, USA - 2017

Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Aeriosa Dance Society, Vancouver + Tofino, BC, Canada - 2014, 2015

Elephanatics, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014

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MARKETING AFFILIATIONS

SB Technologies, Communications Specialist, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2020

Facilis Global, International Marketing Consultant, Montreal, QC, Canada - 2019

ZenChange Management Consulting, Marketing Analyst, Miami, FL, USA - 2018

The Purple Stapler Arts Society, Artistic Director, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Aeriosa Dance Society, Communications Manager, Vancouver + Tofino, BC, Canada - 2014, 2015

Brixwork Real Estate Marketing, Communications Manager, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013, 2014

Tri-flex-agon, Marketing Coordinator, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2013

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