Screenwriting

NATIVE AMERICA

Drama Pilot

A teen Ojibwe girl forced to attend an Indian Boarding School run by the Government and Catholic Church in the late 1970s, enters The Harmony World, America as if it had never been colonized, where she learns how to destroy her abusive boarding school and reclaim her culture, but may die trying.

7x Film Festival Winner, 2024

    • FARO Concurso de Cinema Mediterrâneo e Mundial, Portugal- Best Dramatic Narrative, 2025

    • World Film Festival in Cannes, Native America- Best Pilot, 2024

    • Planet Cinema Global Film Awards- Native America- Best TV Script, 2024

    • YETI FilmFest in Reykjavik- Native America- Best TV Pilot, 2024

    • Nocturna Brooklyn Film Festival- Native America- Best TV Script 2024

    • Hidden Universes, IFF Melbourne- Native America- Best TV Pilot, 2024

    • Golden Swan Zurich Film Festival- Native America, 2024

    • Big Apple Film Festival- Native America- Best TV Pilot

    • Austin Film Festival- Native America- Best TV Pilot Drama, 2024

Partnered with Paulo de Oliveira, Producer of Outlander & Impact Producer, Bonnie Abaunza

“This is not your typical boarding school project. This is a story of hope that incorporates the Sixties Scoop, the emerging of NPR, labeled at the time, “The Fallopian Club,” and a fantasy component, rewriting history for a better future.”

THE OXFORD JOURNAL

Women-led feature juxtaposing present day & historical fiction

When Maeve, twenty three and directionless, tags along to her older sister Olivia's (33) teaching exchange in Oxford, Maeve discovers a personal journal, written by and recounting the life of the great author, Dorothy Sayers.

Winner of Cannes World Film Festival & 3 Official Selections, 2024

  • World Film Festival in Cannes- The Oxford Journal- Best Women Script, 2024

    Oxford Script Awards Film Festival- The Oxford Journal- Best Feature, 2024

    Cambridge Script Festival- The Oxford Journal- Best Feature, 2024

    Berlin International Film Festival- The Oxford Journal, 2024

“When starting to write this screenplay about The Inklings: CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, GK Chesterton... sharing stories and whiskey together at The Eagle & Child- I realized, this story isn’t about them, it’s about their peer, the woman not allowed in the room.”

When a grieving high school senior discovers his late mother left behind a scavenger hunt of unfinished life lessons, he enlists his misfit grief group to help solve her clues across Chicago, but as their eccentric counselor's program faces shutdown, they must save both the group that saved them and his mother's final message.

THE MOURNING CLUB

Dramedy, Coming of Age Feature

    • “John Hughes would be proud!” -David Kirkpatrick, previous president of Paramount Pictures

    • “I wouldn’t change a thing. It has character depth. It has heart. It has humor. It’s a fantastic script.” -Producer at Gold Circle Films

“An 80s throwback, a Breakfast Club vibe with nostalgia, misfit camaraderie, comedy, adventure and heart. And if paired with a soundtrack by The Bleachers, *Chef’s Kiss,* it’s a theatrical hit!””

THE CHRISTMAS PATISSERIE

NETFLIX-style Destination Christmas Rom-Com

After a Christmas fire damages her father's generations-old French patisserie, a successful Vegas chef returns home with an opportunity to modernize it for her own TV show. But as she falls for a charismatic restoration expert who shows her the beauty in preservation, she discovers that sometimes the sweetest success comes from saving what matters most.

    • Creative World Awards, 2021

    • Big Apple Film Awards, 2021

“A Netflix-style Rom Com with the character depth and European charm of The Holiday”

THE COLORFUL LIFE OF LILLY BRIGGS

Dramedy half-hour children’s pilot

When 11 year old artist Lilly Briggs’ Native American dad remarries a younger woman and moves in next door to her Puerto Rican mother, Lilly learns to navigate life as a multi-cultural middle schooler in a predominantly White town.

    • Finalist, Stowe Story Labs Program and Fellowships, 2021

    • Semifinalist, Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot, 2021

    • Semifinalist, Big Apple Film Festival, 2021

    • Recipient of NWSG Fellowship

    • Semifinalist, CineStory Foundation, 2021

“The Babysitter’s Club meets Andi Mack. Perfect for Netflix or Disney +. Very few shows exist for this age range that allows space for the complexity of multiculturalism and divorced families.”