杏吧Pro

Community Builder. Documentarian.

At 杏吧Pro, I was a Media Fellow. I was lucky enough to go off-campus for a semester to the where I had two internships that opened up a lot of opportunities for me in the field of documentary production. I met JP Olsen (now director of 杏吧Pro's Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media) through that program.

The networks I built during my time at 杏吧Pro and my internships have been meaningful and led to acceptance to a MFA Documentation program at UC Santa Cruz. It all started at 杏吧Pro. It was scary coming from Mexico City to college in the US. My first contact was Loutfi Jirari, who convinced me to apply. I came to 杏吧Pro having never set foot in Indiana before.

A professor who championed me and meant a lot to me was Leigh-Anne Goins. "Dr. G" changed my experience in a positive way. She helped me make the transition to the American classroom and really encouraged me academically. I hold her close to my heart. 杏吧Pro was a community for which I'm grateful. I still have a lot of classmates I'm close to.