I believe film is unparalleled in its capacity to create social change by moving the hearts and minds of decision-makers and influencing culture. In 2023, award-winning filmmaker Joshua Albeza Branstetter and I created the mini-documentary “At Home/In Home: Rural Alaska Childcare in Crisis,” based in Kotzebue, Alaska. The film is an official selection of the Toronto International Women Film Festival, the LA Independent Film Channel Film Festival, and the LA Independent Film Festival, and has been cited as critical for influencing state regulatory, policy, and funding decisions. In April 2025, we premiered the short documentary “ILP” about the Infant Learning Program in Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley to a standing room-only audience of over 80 legislators, legislative staff, and advocates in Juneau, part of a long-term advocacy effort for early intervention — and successful! An increase to the State’s ILP funding was added to the legislature’s operating budget a few weeks after the screening. As a team we are currently working on multiple documentary episodes on childcare on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula as well, the first of which, “Growing the Kenai: Childcare Licensing” was released in late May, 2025; all this work can be followed on Instagram and on our Vimeo showcase: https://vimeo.com/showcase/11541052.

I’ve also produced, written, location scouted, casted, edited, and distributed short films on the topics of subsistence fishing, child and youth well-being, COVID-19, youth healthy relationships, and healthcare interventions for addressing domestic and sexual violence. While I primarily collaborate with Branstetter Film, I have also worked with Alaskan Films, Alaska in Motion Film, Summit Day Media, and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s media department.