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My Story

Film and television have always been a huge passion of mine since a young age, and now, I am taking that passion and turning it into a career. In 2024, I was accepted into the highly selective and competitive Buffalo State Television and Film Arts (TFA) program. With the benefit of being a TFA major, I am able to sharpen and perfect my writing, directing, and producing skills. Since my acceptance into the program, I have taken classes on making short films, writing script coverage, and the components of basic media production. In November of 2024, I debut my first short film called Figures After Midnight. I was the film's executive producer and director of photography. As much as I love the Television and Film Arts offerings, I like to stay busy. This past November I added the Public Relations and Advertising (PRA) degree on as my second major. It's always been very important to me to be as versatile as possible. The PRA program has really made me discover a love for public speaking and graphic design. Prior to being enrolled in the PRA program, I had done an internship with 4TeamBrock, a non-profit mental health organization, as their Public Relations and Social Media Specialist. This is where the spark for PR came from. Besides school, I work at a local brewery in my hometown in the greater Buffalo-Niagara region. In my free time, if I ever have any, I enjoy writing my own pilots and feature screenplays, pilates, kick boxing, playing piano, singing, and baking. I make a mean snickerdoodle. 

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