CV
- coming soon -
Digital Publications
Literary Publications
Academic Publications
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
GRANTS
BC Arts Council Capacity and Sustainability Grant, in collaboration with Aeriosa Dance Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 2014
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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