Words for Mom
A short-form story centered on illness, family, and the emotional dimensions of care that are difficult to capture through policy language alone.
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Film became another way for me to communicate pain, caregiving, and patient experience—especially when an argument or research paper could explain a problem without making someone feel its human stakes.
Selected Projects
A short-form story centered on illness, family, and the emotional dimensions of care that are difficult to capture through policy language alone.
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A visual exploration of pain and relief that translated a health issue into a more immediate, imaginative form of communication.
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A storytelling project about the difficulty of turning information into attention—and the persistence required when an advocacy tactic does not produce an immediate response.
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Why film
The films connect back to the same questions as my research and advocacy. When data identifies a problem and policy explains a barrier, storytelling can make the person affected by that barrier visible.