Experience

Atrix Media

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Writer

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  "NOTHING, EXCEPT EVERYTHING", starring David Mazouz (FOX's Gotham) and Lily Chee (Netflix's Daredevil), and produced by the Oscar-shortlisted Scott Aharoni, whose films have premiered and won awards at Tribeca, Sundance, and SXSW.World premiered and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Oscar-qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival, and featured in publications such as Variety, MovieMaker, and RogerEbert.com.

• Director, Producer & Co-Writer

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Sci-fi proof-of-concept, MUTE. 70-member cast/crew. Official Selection of the Oscar-qualifying Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival and winner of the Young Filmmaker Award at the Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival.

• Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Co-Composer

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  21-minute short EVE. Premiered at the Oscar-qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival, and was screened at NY Shorts International Film Festival — the largest short film festival on the East Coast — in Manhattan in November 2021.

• Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor & Composer

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  7-minute short FACES, which won the 2020 American Visions Award, the highest award of annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Only 140 of 320,000 submissions (0.04%) were awarded this honor.



CHESSanity

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  • Co-founded nonprofit organization in 5th Grade, to promote chess among under-resourced K-12 students all over US. • Over 5,000 students in 480 schools in 41 school districts have been directly impacted. • Raised over $90,000 through after-school programs, tournaments, and donations. • Have been running competitive in-person tournament series 38 times (still counting) with 50 online tournament series launched during the Pandemic. • Co-founded nonprofit organization in 5th Grade, to promote chess among under-resourced K-12 students all over US. • Over 5,000 students in 480 schools in 41 school districts have been directly impacted. • Raised over $90,000 through after-school programs, tournaments, and donations. • Have been running competitive in-person tournament series 38 times (still counting) with 50 online tournament series launched during the Pandemic.



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• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Competitive Chess Player

  • Oct 2009 - Present

  • All-American, 6 times consecutively, the highest annual honor for American players under 18. (2016-2021) • National Champion, 11 times, 5 times Individual and 6 times Team. (2015-2018) • U.S. Youth Olympiad Chess Team, one of the five members and the youngest, who competed in Turkey in 2018. Invited to join the 2019 Team. • 1st Place (tied), 2019 North American Youth Chess Championships, U18 Section, the event’s most competitive section. Won the honor at age 15. • FIDE Master (International Chess Federation Master). Achieved the title at age 13, which is bestowed upon only top 0.3% of all US Chess Federation active players. • National Master. Achieved the title at age 11, which is bestowed upon only top 1% of all US Chess Federation active players. Show less