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Dinner With the In-Laws

In my film, Dinner With the In-Laws, I wanted to create a comedy and holiday film, while also representing the Latino household this film takes place it.

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What am I doing?

“What am I doing?” is a film that captures the contrast in a boy’s academic, physical and emotional performance; showing both sides of a student’s life.

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What Do We Have to Live For?

What do we have to live for, if not art? This piece explores cinematography, not just an aspect of narrative storytelling, but in its own category altogether.

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Illumination

In the animated short film, Illumination, a burned out worker rediscovers his creativity.

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We Belong

My film “We Belong” expresses the fear of many children of immigrant parents of their families being torn apart.

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Loop

LOOP is a collaborative project written, filmed, and edited by students in the SF FILM Starter Lab during the summer of 2025.

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Cranial Energy Adapter

The Cranial Energy Adapter (CEA) was a device concept that a friend and I came up with for our video class's chindogu infomercial project.

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Becoming

This video poem captures my daily practice of finding beauty and connection in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The Aisle

The Aisle is an animated short that follows a young boy’s psychological journey as he uncovers a dark secret hidden inside a grocery store.

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The Routine

I made this stop motion short film about a bird and his peaceful nighttime routine.

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Dream

I made this film to capture a sense of dreaminess and immerse the viewer in the nighttime scene.

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Blue Door

This film is about the internal conflict/contemplation of a victim who wants to escape an abusive relationship.

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Magic show

I started making stop motions with my family and brothers in 2020 and I have gotten better scence.

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