I am a community psychologist, documentary filmmaker, and educator working at the intersection of media, mental health, and community empowerment. My practice has developed across the Caribbean borderlands, Costa Rica’s cultural institutions, Miami’s nonprofit ecosystem, and London’s immigrant-rights sector.

I hold an MSc in Media and Communications from Brunel University London, where I received the Peter Caws Prize for Best Postgraduate Dissertation and the Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award. I also hold a BSc in Psychology from the University of Costa Rica, where I conducted academic research with the LAUDI institute.

For over a decade, I’ve taught filmmaking, social sciences and nonprofit management skills in diverse settings. I’ve been part of university symposiums and lectures, capacity building workshops, and community art spaces, creating environments where learners examine power, representation, and collaboration through both critical theory and hands-on experience.

My career has always bridged research and practice: conducting academic studies through documentary film, working alongside communities in nonprofit settings, and collaborating with artistic and cultural institutions across Latin America, the Caribbean, and the UK.

As a filmmaker, I explore cultural memory, migration, environmental justice, and psychological resilience through the arts. I’m currently developing Community Filmmaking as Liberation Psychology, a framework that blends art, research, and participatory practice to support healing, expand collective imagination, and initiate discussions that aim at social transformation.