In 2016, I pitched the idea to do a video about a Juneteenth celebration in Reno, Nev., to my editor at Noticiero Móvil, a bilingual news site that focuses on delivering news in English and Spanish to Northern Nevadans. I wanted to do this story because, at the time, I noticed not a lot of people knew what Juneteenth was. After pitching the idea, I worked as a one-woman crew to film and edit this video about how Juneteenth was celebrated in Reno in 2016. Five years later, Juneteenth became a federal holiday.

Once news was out that Flor de Toloache was performing at Reno’s annual summer art festival called Artown in 2016, my editor at Noticiero Móvil knew we had to do a story about them. They had been featured on major news outlets like NPR and The New York Times. I interviewed the mariachi group, filmed their rehearsal and performance at Artown and edited it into a video package.

In 2016, I filmed, edited and directed this video as a passion project about the bboy scene in Reno, Nev. I enjoy highlighting the unconventional, and breakdancing isn’t something you see a lot of in Reno. I wanted to highlight the dance through the story of this Reno bboy named James “Kimo” Huliganga.