This excerpt comes from Rhizome is Home, a 40-minute documentary I directed after leading an oral history project on Rhizome DC in 2021. Supported by Humanities DC, the film weaves 13 interviews and seven years of archival recordings into a portrait of a DIY space built on care, improvisation, and community connection.
All oral histories from the project are preserved in the DC Public Library People’s Archives (Dig DC).
D.I.Y. in the District (Oct–Dec, 2025) began as an exhibition I proposed to the MLK Jr. Memorial Library and grew into a two-year collaboration with artists, organizers, and curators across D.C., celebrating the city’s artist-run spaces from the 1970s to today. I also curated the D.I.Y. in DC Festival (Oct 18–19), activating the Great Hall with panels, workshops, music, gongs, and movement.
I’m the volunteer manager at Milagro Allegro Community Garden, part of the LA City Garden Council’s network of 40 gardens. I garden there with my mom and help support daily operations, community engagement, and long-term planning. I’ve secured city and neighborhood grants to retile the kitchen with rescued historic tiles and to upgrade our grande beds in early 2026. I also take part in council meetings and trainings and help design intergenerational programs focused on marginalized communities and food education.
In addition to my on-the-ground work, I have access to 16 years of media—video, photos, and documentation—from the garden and local community efforts, and I’m exploring ways to develop a living archive that shares this history, investing in its continuity.
