Becoming a film director has always been my dream. I first stepped into the role while directing Steve’s Catch, an animated short created as my MFA thesis at the Academy of Art University. In 2021, I took that passion further by joining the UCLA Directing Certificate program, where I developed and directed live-action projects like Small as a Pea. This is a look into my journey as a storyteller — where animation and live-action meet through emotion, visual rhythm, and cinematic craft.

“Steve's Catch" is on short episode from the animated series “Hi, I'm Steve". In this episode, Steve decides to go fishing and relax, what he did not expect was to find a Mermaid that will try everything to get his friendship. The movie is directed by Romualdo Amaral and produced by StudioX and Academy of Art University.