@MScottCarbonaro

Greetings! I'm Mika, a writer and filmmaker from the Bay Area. I am interested in making short films and directing in the indie film scene, having completed a Film & Media Studies BA @ Stanford University with a concentration in Screenwriting. While there, I was the president of Flying Horse Films (FHF), a student film group on campus, while building community with other student film groups like the Restorative Film Collective (RFC) and Stanford Students in Entertainment (SSIE). Following Toni Morrison, I want to be an artist to tell the stories I want to see. Filmmaking is collaborative, so I turn this "I" into a "we" -- stories *we* want to see. As a nonbinary queer person, I am interested in the indie film scene in the Bay Area, crafting films with themes of queerness, mental disability, identity, memory, and belonging. Stories that change and challenge us are stories that make the world better and fuller. Nice to meet you! I hope we get in touch soon.