PRESS AND ARTICLES

DEC 2021 - WCNC CHARLOTTE - News Interview

DEC 2021 - ANIMATION MAGAZINE - Article promoting new web-series project, THE UNITED SPACE OF AMERICA

VIDEO

TELEVISION INTERVIEWS

NUVO TV'S EMERGING LATINO SHOWCASE w/ GINA RODRIGUEZ
NUVO Point of View lets talented writers, producers and directors showcase their works on the national stage. Hundreds submitted their independent passion projects and now, the selected finalists will be profiled, along with each filmmaker’s inspirational story. In this interview, I get interviewed by Gina Rodriguez, the star of the hit show Jane the Virgin

EMERGE AT ALJIRA 11
Video interview for PBS. I was an artist for Emerge 11, an exhibit of 21 artists at Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, in downtown Newark, NJ. Emerge is much more than a group art show. It’s also a professional development program for artists created by Founding Director Victor Davson. I am interviewed alongside five of the Emerge 11 artists (I come in at the one minute mark).

AMERICA REFRAMED INTERVIEW
One-on-one chat with show hostess Natasha del Toro, after the premiere of American Dreams Deferred on PBS on December, 2012 (*note, the interview has expired, but the current link brings you to the official promo).

AUDIO INTERVIEWS

NPR INTERVIEW (in association with Remezcla)  ****NEW
When my short film, Victor and Isolina, debuted at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, I was interviewed alongside a few other emerging Latino directors, discussing the importance and impact of Latino film

WEB (VIDEO) INTERVIEWS

ART OF BROOKLYN 2013 'WINNER' INTERVIEW
As the winner of the VANGUARD AWARD (for best experimental short film with Seed Story), I was interviewed by the producers of the Art of Brooklyn film festival

ART OF BROOKLYN 2014 'WINNER' INTERVIEW
As the winner of the VANGUARD AWARD (for best experimental short film with HOW YOU DOIN,' BOY?), I was interviewed by the producers of the Art of Brooklyn film festival

ARTICLES

INTERVIEWS

THE HUFFINGTON POST
Promotional interview for the series-premiere of Gran'pa Knows Best

UNIVISION
Press release for web-series Dreamer Generation

NBC LATINO
Promotional interview for the series-premiere of Gran'pa Knows Best

REMEZCLA
10 Latino Filmmakers you should Know

FLAMA
Gran'pa Know Best gets everything right about Abuelitos!

NUVO TV    
Promotional inteview on short film How you Doin', Boy? Voicemails from Gran'pa.

REMEZCLA
Promotional inteview on short film How you Doin', Boy? Voicemails from Gran'pa.

INCIDE PUERTO RICO 
Promotional inteview on short film How you Doin', Boy? Voicemails from Gran'pa (this article is entirely in Spanish). 

NBC LATINO
Promotional interview for documentary American Dreams Deferred and its subsequent broadcast on PBS.

NYU ALUMNI BOARD
Interview discussing how my documentary American Dreams Deferred related to NYU.

STRINGS MAGAZINE
Interview about the violinist Kelly Hall-Thompkins, and the two music videos I directed/edited for her solo debut.

REVIEWS

NJ STAR LEDGER
Review of the Aljira Emerge 11 gallery artists, with renown art critic Dan Bishoff.

BRICK CITY LIVE
Review of the Aljira Emerge 11 gallery artists.

mtvU 'PICK OF THE WEEK', MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW
An older music video project, created as a student at Pratt Institute, is reviewed and chosen as a 'pick of the week' for mtvU. This would also garner me an MTV Movie Award nomination for 'Best Filmmaker on Campus.'

MISCELLANEOUS

VIMEO STAFF PICK
Seed Story is chosen as a Vimeo Staff Pick, garnering over 70,000 worldwide views in less than 24 hours.

UPWORTHY
America's Daughters is featured on Upworthy, garnering over 80,000 worldwide views in less than a week.

10 LATINO DOCUMENTARIES TO SEE NOW
Top ten ranking of 2014 documentaries to see. American Dreams Deferred is ranked as #1.

JT3 ARTIST CREATIVE VISION AWARD
Short blurb featuring myself and other 2010 recipients of the Jesse Thompkins III Foundation for Young People in the Arts.