PROJECTS:
Commissioned, Volunteer and Personal Works
Participatory Media
creator, editor, producer - Visalia and Claremont, CA. Dec. 2017
Participatory Media is one product of my senior project teaching Wukchumni youth video making skills and working with Elders and families to tell the stories they find important to capture through this medium.
BUILDing a healthier ontario Storymap
Author and story gatherer - Ontario, CA 2017
The BUILD Project is a community born public health initiative focused on combatting obesity and other diseases with self-care both physical and emotional. Community Health Workers (CHWs) work to keep their communities healthy and safe with the support of El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center, San Antonio Regional Hospital, Partners for Better Health, Huerta del Valle community garden, individual community members, schools and community centers.
Beautiful Stranger
Animator - Claremont, CA 2016
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. -Wayne Dyer
Community Demands Safariland CEASE Weapon Sales to DAPL
Video made for Indigenous Drum of Ontario, CA in 2016
#Waterislife #Nodapl
Silent film montage 2016
Manipulation of the opacity of original videos featuring water and nature. A visual response and prayer for the water protectors stopping the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline through Indigenous lands and sacred burial sites and under the Missouri River.
Nicole Saphos trio debut album Tiptoe
indiegogo campaign video 2016
Upright bassist & vocalist preparing to release debut recording project: Tiptoe: A full length trio album featuring original compositions and arrangements.
Mini Doc: Trip to the Cape
Archival and Original video - Takoma PArk, MD 2016
The first film in a series that will archive some of my grandmother's stories.
Archival Video Project: Too Much Birthday
Takoma Park, MD 1999 & Claremont, CA 2016
This project explores the use of home video in the age of multi-media. What is home video? How authentic can we truly be?
Indigitize Media Project
Sherman Indian High School & Pitzer College, 2015
Promotional video meant to raise awareness of indigenous media and solicit smartphone donations for the Indigitize Media Project.
