Werdegang

EDUCATION
• Master of Arts Media and Visual Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin, Germany
October 2018 — January 2021
• Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Graphic Arts & Photography, Saint Peter's
University, Jersey City, New Jersey
September 2010 — May 2014


PUBLICATIONS
2022 - Ecuador Patrimonios del Mundo, Fábrica de Ideas + Instituto Metropolitano de Patrimonio.
2022 - Issue #17 Photographer Without Borders Magazine.
2020 - “Through Your Lens”, Photographers Without Borders Magazine.
EXHIBITIONS
2023 - "PAUSA" GetxoPhoto Festival, Bilbao, España
2023 - Photo London at Somerset House, LensCulture Exhibition, London, UK
2022 - “Mother Earth Speaks” Contact Photography Festival
2022 - “In Between Dreams the Forest Echos the Song of the Burning Anaconda, Online Exhibition,
LensCulture
2021 - "Reframe" Online Exhibition, Photographers Without Boarders
2021 - “Reimagine” Photographers Without Boarders Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival
2021 - "Pathways to Reconnection" Online Ethnographic Exhibition, Freie Universität Berlin
2021 - “Futuro Ahora Group Show” Online Exhibition, Femgrafia + Fotofeminas
2019 - "Syndicate Eleven" Hošek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2018 - “Illuminations” 313 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2016 - “The Journey Within” Living Incubator Performance Space, Newark, NJ


FILM FESTIVALS
2023 - Naku Ikinyu / Festival de Cine Etnográfico de Ecuador, Flacso Cine, Quito, Ecuador
2022 - Naku Ikinyu / Katra Latinx Festival Official Selection, New York City, USA
2022 - Naku Ikinyu / 16th Ethnocineca, International Documentary Film Festival Vienna - Austria
2022 - Naku Ikinyu / German International Film Festival, Göttingen - Germany
2021 - Naku Ikinyu / Nature and Culture Poetry Film Festival, Copenhagen - Denmark
2021 - Naku Ikinyu / "Fiorenzo Serra Film Festival" Quarter Finalist, Sassari - Italy
2021 - Naku Ikinyu / Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival Virtual Edition, USA
2021 - Naku Ikinyu / Global Peace Film Festival, Free for all Short Virtual Edition, Florida - USA
2021 - Naku Ikinyu / “Breaking the Rules? Power, Participation, Transgression”, Helsinki - Finland


AWARDS AND WORKSHOPS
2023 - Winner ECO/23] Ecologías/Territorios/Comunidades with Tawna, Vist Projects.
2022 - Revolutionary Storyteller Grant Recipient / Photographers without Borders
2022 - In Between Dreams the Forest Echos the Song of the Burning Anaconda / LensCulture’s Art
Photography Awards, 3rd Place Winner
2021 - Shortlisted in the Lucie Foundation Fine Art Scholarship Program
2021 - Naku Ikinyu / SVA Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Work, Winner
2021 - Naku Ikinyu / Audience Award, Muestra de Antropologia Audiovisual de Madrid (MAAM)
2021 - Long-Term Project (Virtual) Workshop with Natalie Keyssar + Daniella Zalcman,
2021- Documentary Photography Storytelling Online Workshop with Tamara Merino.
2020 - Photographers Without Borders Storytelling Online School with Danielle Khan Da Silva.