VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2025 Latin aerospace professionals communications specialist.

  • I am currently volunteering with Latin Professionals in Aerospace (LPA), a non-profit organization focused on inspiring, mentoring and developing Latin professionals working in all aspects of aviation. I currently develop their monthly newsletter, which showcases the organization's activities and updates. Additionally, I provide edits and feedback for their social media channels, communication strategies for their scholarship’s committee and other content for the organization. during the month of April, I also created the scholarship program strategy and social media content to promote the program.

2023 & 2024 Topaz Film Festival | A film festival that celebrates women filmmakers.

  • As a film festival screener, I was part of the team reviewing short films for “Jury Selection” and “Honorable Mention” (where applicable). The festival was held in October 2023 and October 2024.

2023 Oxford Film Festival | A film festival that celebrates the art of independent cinema. | July - December 2022

  • As a film festival previewer, I was part of the screening process for the Oxford Film Festival. The festival was held in March 2023.

2022 Topaz Film Festival | A film festival, which is an extension of the Women in Film Dallas Scholastic Grant Fund (a 501c3 that provides financial support through grants and scholarships to women in the pursuit of media arts degrees and those in the productions of film, television and screen-based media). The festival celebrates women filmmakers and proceeds from the festival serve to fund the scholastic grant. | August - October 2022

  • As a film festival juror, I was part of the team reviewing comedy, documentary, International, and narrative films for “Jury Selection” and “Honorable Mention” (where applicable). The festival was held in October 2022.

45th & 43rd Annual Telly Awards Awards honoring excellence in video and television across all screens.

  • As a member of Telly Council and judging panel, I was able to cast my vote to select winners for the Annual Telly Awards. Awards were announced in May of each year.

2022 Women’s Voices Now Film Festival | A film festival for emerging filmmakers creating women’s rights documentary films that advocate for girls’ and women’s rights around the world. | November - December 2021

  • As a film festival previewer, I played an instrumental role in the screening and the selection process for the Women’s Voices Now Film Festival. The films I previewed were evaluated against a rubric provided by the organization. The online film festival was held in March 2022.

Filmmaker Panel: UTA & How to be a PA Production Assistant workshop at the University of Texas in Arlington created for an Internship Initiative for the Cinematic Arts program. | October 2021

  • Discussing professional experiences with new PAs on sets to talk about protocol, the do’s and dont’s and what works and what doesn't.

The 49th Annual USA Film Festival featuring the best new American and foreign features and shorts, special tributes honoring accomplished film artists, and the prestigious, International Short Film & Video Competition. | March 2019

  • Pre-screening juror during group sessions held on Saturday March 9, 2019 and March 30, 2019.

Women In Film Dallas

  • 2019: Member, PSA Committee Member (Built special effects and motion graphics for the public service announcements for WIFD)

  • 2018: Member, Grants & Scholarships Co-Chair, Board Member, WIFTI Showcase film curator, Production Boot Camp Volunteer (led presentations for Résumés & Reels)

  • 2017: Member, PSA Committee Member (Edited and was grip on the production for the public service announcement for Jonathan's Place in Garland, TX, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a safe place, loving homes, and promising futures for abused and neglected children, teens, and young adults), Production Boot Camp Volunteer (led presentations for Résumés & Reels and the Post Production Workshop)

  • 2016: Chick Flicks Film Festival Committee Member, PSA Chair (Produced a public service announcement for Alliance for Children in Tarrant County, a non-profit advocacy center program that is dedicated to the protection and healing of child abuse victims), Board Member and Social Media Producer, assisted with fundraising efforts (achieved a $500 donation from a corporate donor)

  • 2015: Chick Flicks Film Festival Committee Member, Programs Event Volunteer, Membership Committee and Motion Graphics Artist, assisted with fundraising efforts (achieved a $500 donation from a corporate donor)

Los Muertos Bishop | Video Producer | November 2014

  • Writer, Director, Editor, Producer and Motion Graphics Artist: Social media video for community event celebration, The Day of the Dead, in the Bishop Arts District.

Ft. Worth Bike Sharing | Video Producer | April 2013

  • Videographer, Director, Editor, Producer and Motion Graphics Artist for their Earth Day video. The video was for the launch of the Fort Worth Bike Sharing program in Downtown Fort Worth, Texas with the Mayor Betsy Price, Councilman Joel Burns, The T’s (Fort Worth Transportation Authority) President Dick Ruddell and up to 300 volunteer bike riders present.