Recognition
Teen Indie Awards, 2025
Films
New Jersey Film Awards 2026 - Best High School Short
Montclair Emerging Filmmaker Competition 2026 – Silver Award, Best Drama
Cinemadness 2026 - Best Drama
Count Basie Center's Breakthrough Filmmaker Festival 2026 - Official Selection
The Great Film Club New York City July 2026 - Official Selection
Lighthouse International Film Festival 2026 - Official Selection
Red-Handed
Writer • Director • Producer • Editor
Drama Short • 2025
New Jersey Film Awards 2026 - Best Young Actor
Count Basie Center's Breakthrough Filmmaker Festival 2026 - Nominated for Best Performance, Best Cinematography
The Great Film Club New York City March 2026 - Official Selection
NRV Youth Film Festival 2026 - Official Selection
Perfect
Writer • Director • Actor • Producer • Editor
Experimental Short • 2026
Courts, Community and Rule of Law Video Contest | United States Third Circuit Tristate Competition for Naturalization Ceremonies 2025 - 1st Place Winner
The Great Film Club New York City April 2026 - Official Selection
Humanity Rising Film Festival 2026 - Honorable Mention: Virtue-Based Category
What democracy means to me
Director • Producer • Interviewer • Editor
Documentary Short • 2025
All American High School Film Festival 2025 - Official Selection
Voices Unveiled NJEA Convention 2024 - Official Selection & Featured Speaker
Humanity Rising Film Festival 2026 - Honorable Mention: Bullying & Youth Mental Health Category
Count Basie Center's Breakthrough Filmmaker Festival 2025 - Nominated for Best Performance, Best Direction, Best Film in the High School Category
Cinemadness 2024 - Best PSA/Commercial
Lift-Off Global Network Filmmaker Sessions Volume 6 2024 - Official Selection
The Start
Writer • Director • Actor • Producer • Editor
Public Service Announcement • 2024
Everyday Threats
PBS & KQED Youth Media Challenge: Nuclear Weapons and Security
Policy 2025 - National Publication
Kobani International Film Festival 2025 - Quarterfinalist
Lift-Off Global Network Filmmaker Sessions Volume 8 2025 - Official Selection
Writer • Director • Producer • Editor
Public Service Announcement • 2025
RUNAWAY
Teen Arts New Jersey Festival 2025 - Official Selection
Lift-Off Global Network Filmmaker Sessions Volume 8 2026 - Official Selection
Writer • Director • Actor • Producer • Editor
Drama Short • 2025
Theater
Count Basie Theater Awards 2026 - Won Evaluator’s Special Award for Playwrights of Communications High School’s Love, Esme
Count Basie Theater Awards 2026 - Nominated for Best Student-Led Production
Count Basie Theater Awards 2026 - Nominated for Outstanding Company of a Drama
Love, Esme
Writer • Assistant Director
Original Full-Length Play, Drama • 2025
Loaded Language
Co-Director • Actor
10 Minute Play, Drama • 2025
New Jersey SkillsUSA Performing Arts Competition 2025 - 2nd Place Statewide
Chicago
Actor (Merry Murderess & Featured Ensemble)
Musical, Drama • 2025
Count Basie Theater Awards 2025 - Nominated Outstanding Featured Ensemble Group - Merry Murderesses
Broadcast Journalism
Art With purpose
Director • Producer • Editor
Broadcast Journalism Short • 2025
PBS Student Reporting Labs Academy - Produced through a fellowship with PBS Student Reporting Labs, the short was selected for screening at WETA in Washington, D.C., qualifying it for PBS NewsHour consideration.
All American High School Film Festival 2026 - Official Selection
New Jersey SkillsUSA Video News Production Competition 2026 - 1st Place Statewide
Collaboratively wrote, produced, and anchored a live news broadcast under a timed challenge, earning 1st Place in New Jersey.
SkillsUSA Broadcast News Production
Writer • Producer • Anchor
Live News Broadcast Competition • 2026