Statement

Who are you?

I needed to find my spark, and I think I found it here! That’s what I felt on the night of my short film release.

This past year, I have been growing with a heart filled with curiosity, questions haunting me, questing for answers, and a journey filled with unlearning and relearning. I found who I want to be; therefore, I made the decision to become it.

Storytelling and world-building are two concepts that have always resonated deeply with me. Some may refer to this as passion or purpose, but for me, it is simply who I am. It has always been a part of me. My fascination with world-building began during my senior year in architecture, where my thesis was about speculation in storytelling and building my design on that story. It was my first encounter with the possibility of an architect being a storyteller and world-builder.

After graduation, I explored filmmaking as a form of storytelling. I had to teach myself and my friends how to tell a story, make a storyboard, set spaces and characters, direct it, shoot it, use VFX, build sound, and release it to an audience and critics. I embraced the learning process associated with a medium that was so unfamiliar to me. At the same time, I continued working as an architect.

For now, I got accepted in UCL trying to find mentors, knowledge, opportunities, and tools in London to become the person I need to be.

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