Years ago now (feels weird to say this) but years ago in therapy, right before I began the process for The Duchess short film, I remember commenting to my therapist that I could afford either The Duchess or bottom surgery. He asked why and … basically I only had enough credit for one. And then he asked why I couldn't do both at the same time and - look. Trans people don’t make a lot of money. Black indie filmmakers don’t make a lot of money. Black trans queer people don’t make a lot of money. Black trans queer filmmakers don’t make a lot of money.

You ever feel like the universe is talking to you, trying to tell you something but you have no idea what that message could possibly be? Here are the facts - Sept 2019 we filmed the duchess. Sept 2020, we held a virtual staged reading for the waltz, unlike anything I’d ever seen or been a part of. Sept 2021 I became a sundance fellow. And Sept 2022, I was signed to Alexander White Agency, no audition, talent recognizant.