For this multimedia project, inspired by Mitski’s “Your Best American Girl,” I compiled the stories of women of color navigating a white American landscape. I utilized my writing, photography and audio skills to communicate how the song’s themes of self-love, heartache and identity resonated with the subjects.
Video
In this short video, which I shot and edited, I introduce the Cactus Cafe — a historic music venue on the University of Texas at Austin campus that has undergone several management changes in the last decade.
Shot and edited by me during the initial pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, this video diary follows my personal journey living with my godparents throughout those first long months of quarantine.
Produced in collaboration with my classmate Hannah Ortega, this video follows the story of a woman coping with her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
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