As a child I tried almost every after school activity. From rock climbing to ceramics to dance, like most kids, I was trying to find "my thing." That eventually happened one day when all the acting classes at my local performing arts center were at capacity, so I chose to take a filmmaking class instead. Everything in my life changed when I stepped behind a camera for the first time.

I started spending my summers at the New York Film Academy, which was the first time I met people like me -- creatives who also wanted to tell stories. During the school year I took classes at the same performing arts center, which became my second home. It was my refuge from school and the pressures of society -- somewhere I could be my true self. Once I aged out of the filmmaking classes I began to spend my weekends with a local film youth group. I would spend every weekend on set, doing a different position on crew and feeling the rush of happiness and adrenaline each time. The summer before my senior year in high school, I participated in the University of Southern California’s Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Producing and Directing Class, where I was chosen by my peers to direct the final class film. As a seventeen year old, directing on one of Disney’s sets was a powerful experience that taught me so much and served to fuel my interest in this dynamic industry. My love for filmmaking continued as I moved to Israel to work as a film editor and then began college at New York University, majoring in Film & Television Production. All of this is to say that my love and interest in the motion picture industry has been a part of me from a very young age. And each time I step on set, I become that twelve year old again: curious, eager to learn, and excited. As countries, people, and passions changed, my love for filmmaking stayed the same. It is who I am and who I want to be. I look forward to my future in this industry and hope to continue to create stories that push people to think beyond their comfort zones.