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What you'll find here is a career distilled — not a résumé, but a reel of a life spent making things.
From the broadcast halls of Starz Entertainment and Smoky Hills PBS to the creative corridors of Kansas State University, with freelance adventures woven in between, my path has been anything but narrow. Video production has been my primary language — spoken fluently across television, social media, and every screen in between — but it has never been my only one.
I am, at my core, an artist who refuses to be singular.
I've grown alongside the tools of this craft: wielding the Adobe Suite long before it lived in the cloud, authoring DVDs, and yes — dubbing tapes in an era when that meant something. I draw and paint, I've animated, sculpted, and built things with my hands. I once mixed music in the warm, tactile world of tapes and CDs, back when you could feel the medium.
Technology has reinvented itself many times over, and I've reinvented myself right alongside it. But through every shift and upgrade, I've held onto the same quiet conviction: that no tool, however brilliant, should outpace the humanity behind it. Because at the end of the day, it's not the format that matters — it's the feeling it leaves behind.
Behind the scenes of every thriving community, there are quiet champions doing the work that rarely makes headlines. Kansas State Extension community health workers are among them — dedicating themselves tirelessly to the people and places they serve. From the hands-on labor of building infrastructure in Pittsburg to navigating the intricate world of grant writing in Wyandotte County, their impact is vast, yet so often invisible to the world around them. I set out to change that — to craft a short film that not only showcased their efforts, but honored the heart behind them.
Rooted in decades of dedication, the Kansas Extension Master Gardener program carries a rich and winding history — one not easily contained. The true challenge of this video was not in finding the story, but in deciding where to let it breathe and where to let it rest.
My tenure as a Video Production Specialist within the Communications Department of Kansas State University's College of Agriculture and Research and Extension was a richly rewarding chapter in my career. The role offered an expansive creative canvas — spanning a diverse array of projects across multiple agricultural disciplines and Extension programs — allowing me to collaborate with a wide range of clients and bring their stories to life through visual storytelling.
From 2017 to 2022, I served as Producer/Director at Smoky Hills PBS, where I helped shape the visual and creative identity of the station. I conceived and crafted much of the interstitial content that gave the channel its distinctive character, while lending my expertise to every live broadcast and sporting event that aired. My responsibilities spanned the full creative spectrum — from designing motion graphics and curating a roster of voice-over talent to the hands-on demands of production itself: pulling cables, positioning cameras, testing equipment, and managing audio and graphics in the heat of a live show. Whatever a production needed to succeed, I made it happen. At the heart of it all was Real Ag, the flagship program that became the centerpiece of my work during those five years.
Over the course of thirteen years, Starz Entertainment in Denver, Colorado became my creative home. What began as an internship in 2004 — a young person's leap of faith into the world of television — evolved into a full-fledged career that would shape my entire professional identity. After a brief but formative stint at a fledgling channel in Colorado Springs, I returned to the Starz family as a Production Assistant, hungry and ready to prove myself.
From there, I threw myself into the work wholeheartedly. Project after project, I honed my craft and climbed the ranks until I had earned the title of Senior Producer — a journey that was as rewarding as it was exhilarating. The role itself was something of a dream for any film lover: a unique alchemy of cinema and music, weaving together carefully chosen footage into promotional pieces that captured the soul of whatever Starz or Encore channel, show, or film I was tasked with championing. In many ways, it was like crafting a music video — only the raw material was the magic of Hollywood itself.
My time there came to a close in the fall of 2016, but the thirteen years I spent telling those stories left an indelible mark on everything I do.
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