un barco para mi mamá (2021) - trailer

Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor | Duration: 07:00 minutes

This 16mm film captures a mother's profound love for her family, poignantly humanizing the challenges faced by migrants.                                                     

Screenings/Awards: Santa Barbara International Film Festival, San Francisco Documentary Festival, Female Eye Film Festival, Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, Webby Honoree, CiNEOLA, Ambulante                                                                                     

Language: Spanish with English subtitles

distant futures (2023) - trailer

Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor

Duration: 03:26 minutes

Some say cars are born in Silicon Valley and go to die in the San Joaquin Valley, but few speak of the connection people have with their cars. As rural landscapes transform with neon-lit electric vehicle chargers, this film looks at the bond communities in the San Joaquin Valley have formed with their automobiles amidst a technological shift.

Screenings: San Francisco International Airport Museum and Inland Film Festival

workers at night (2023)

Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor

Duration: 03:00 minutes

As night falls and most people have gone to bed, the area surrounding Needles Rock transforms into a bustling nocturnal hub. Maintenance crews emerge, precisely and purposefully navigating the Golden Gate Bridge base. The lights from their hard hats and the subtle glow of their phones create a constellation of luminescent fireflies against the backdrop of the night sky. This film is a tribute to the often overlooked and unacknowledged labor of the Golden Gate Bridge maintenance workers, shedding light on their essential yet unseen contributions.

Collection of the City and County of San Francisco

Latinx Art Beyond Museum Walls (2024) - trailer

Director: Rose Salseda, Ph.D.

Role: Animator, Editor, Archival Producer

This animation is part of a short film series focused on Latinx visual art, collaboratively produced by Latinx students and artists from various university campuses from the 1970s to early 2000s. The project presents an innovative approach to reimagining archival materials.

Screening: CAFilm Institute

The Voice of Lupe (2021) - trailer

Role: Director,, Editor, Cinematographer

Duration: 12:00 minutes                                       

With the walls as their canvas, Chicano muralists have been community storytellers for well over 60 years, and now, a ceramic mural continues that tradition to address racism and violence against women.

Screening: Philadelphia Latino Film Festival

The Mechanical Reproduction of Mexican Gray Wolves

In development.

A documentary that attempts to capture the portrait of Mexican gray wolves while considering its parallel stories with Indigenous communities.