I grew up in Brooklyn, New York — not the cool hipster Brooklyn. The actual one, where everyone sounds like they're yelling at all times and where you can find the best bagels in the world.
When I graduated high school, I moved to my state's sworn enemy, New Jersey, to attend Drew University. I quickly discovered that my lifelong hobby of quietly observing people from the corner of the room could actually be turned into a major: anthropology, the study of mankind. Getting a degree in understanding the human race felt incredible — in my opinion, it's the most useful major out there, though my father would probably still vote for computer science. Anthropology taught me an invaluable lesson: when you understand why people are the way they are, you understand their wants, their needs, what they'll be drawn to, and what they'll reject outright.
I went to law school thinking I could apply that same way of thinking to the criminal justice system. Didn't quite work out — I was bored to tears the minute I got there. I needed my work to be people-centered, yes, but I also needed room to create. Whether it was digital content for a TV network or a well-produced series, it didn't matter, as long as I could flex the creator muscle, I was good to go.
After my first semester of law school, I moved back to New York and picked up odd jobs in TV and film. For a while I thought I might be an actor, or maybe a writer — but those detours landed me a production assistant job on a network home improvement show called Rescue My Renovation. I was quickly promoted to story producer, combing through footage to make sure everything made sense. From there, I landed a permanent position with Boy Wonder Productions as a producer, working on shows for HGTV, DIY Network, and Discovery. I traveled all over the country leading teams of 5–10 people, wrangling talent, executive requests, tight deadlines, and tighter budgets.
I spent a lot of time in the editing bay too, becoming deeply fluent in Adobe Creative Cloud (especially Premiere Pro) and DaVinci Resolve. As post supervisor, I made sure every deliverable was uploaded correctly and ran through a rigorous QC process before it went out the door.
I can produce, I can edit, and I can write — I wrote all 30 episodes of a scripted podcast we produced called Stranger in the House.
Toward the end of 2022, I started pitching original content to streaming executives at Hulu, Netflix, and Tubi. I built the pitch decks, developed the ideas, and pitched them in the room myself. I put together budgets and timelines and led countless meetings on new content.
Working in television was a wild ride, and at this point I'm pretty sure I can handle anything thrown at me.
So... whatcha got?