Honored to be one of three projects selected for the 2025-2026 Zhao-Chen Family AAPI Voices Fund from Kartemquin Films. The fund is designed to invest funds and critical co-production support in documentary films that center AAPI experiences and deepen audiences’ understanding of the complexity and diversity of the AAPI communities in the US.
KARTEMQUIN ZHAO-CHEN FAMILY AAPI VOICES FUND
January 2026
Selected as a 2026 Oregon Humanities Community Storytelling Fellow. The fellowship supports nonfiction storytellers from communities underrepresented in Oregon media, providing time and resources to develop stories that connect people and communities—expanding who sees their experiences represented, filling information gaps, and contributing to a more inclusive and civically engaged state.
Oregon Community Storytelling Fellows
january 2026
WOMEN IN FILM PDX: EDUCATE/INCUBATE COHORT
Oct 2025 - June 2026
Women in Film Portland’s Educate/Incubate program supports early- to mid-career women and nonbinary filmmakers through small Incubate cohorts (4–5 participants) selected through an application process, alongside a larger seminar series. The nine-month program runs October 2025 through June 2026 and includes regular cohort meetings, mentors and guest speakers, and a culminating public screening of works-in-progress or project trailers.
Wildfire | Climate | Forests
November 2025
An exciting experience to work as a producer with Portland design studio, Upswell, on Wildfire / Climate / Forests, the World Forestry Center’s first permanent exhibition in 20 years. It takes on one of the most pressing challenges of our time—the growing, interconnected cycle between wildfires and climate change—and explores how this relationship affects the health of forests and the people who depend on them.
BENDFILM: Basecamp FELLOWSHIP
October 2025
Bendfilm’s Basecamp fellowship provided a four-day intensive in Central Oregon with a cohort of 40 filmmakers, including mentorship from Pete Nicks, Heidi Ewing, Effie Brown, and Bing Liu. The program supported the development of a project pitch, strengthened through targeted feedback and peer exchange.