>Jorge Coello is juggling his job as a real estate agent with his new one as a homeschool teacher for his two daughters. Fifth-grader, Alyssa, and third-grader, Samantha, are also finding remote learning tough.
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Miguel – A Portrait
The friendly diplomacy between China and Cuba is influencing millions of young people’s lives on the Caribbean island. At sixteen years old, Miguel has been learning the Chinese language for six years and Kung-fu for eight. He said to me that the moment he arrives in China would be when his life begins. Although given […]
Turkish Immigrant Restaurant Owners in New York and London
This short documentary is a manifestation of my interest in Turkish culture, immigration and food. The video aims to capture the stories and personalities of restaurant owners across the world.
Small Business and COVID-19 – The Impact on One Home Building Company in Austin
In this video, I profile my father, Mark Dawson, co-owner of Dawson Lupul Builders, on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting his small business.
As the Coronavirus Surges in California, the Community Looks to a Long Empty Hospital
The first meeting started around 7:30 a.m. Nurses, doctors, business owners, families, school board members and most of all, members of the community crowded together on a quiet stretch of beach near the San Clemente Pier. Among them was Carol Wilson, a 69-year-old lifelong Californian. Although the retired marketing executive hated early mornings, she didn’t […]
Working their first job, from home
Many of those born in Generation Z were told they’d be working jobs that hadn’t been invented yet. After the Coronavirus was declared a pandemic earlier this year, offices around the world adapted so that their employees could instead work from home. This would have been nearly impossible twenty years ago. As this generation now […]
Peruvians in the U.S. struggle to return to their home country amid coronavirus pandemic
As a bellman in a Utah ski resort, Quanzhen Yu knew what was coming when, in mid-March in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, the hotel managers summoned him and his coworkers to their office. The resort, like other non-essential businesses throughout the country, would immediately close for business. “I heard that in other […]
Turkish Immigrant Restaurant Owners in New York & London
I made this documentary to go with my senior thesis about Turkish immigrant restaurant owners in New York and London. It looked at how food eaten in a particular culture is influenced by nationality, geography and politics. Food grounds people in a culture, and in a foreign country that is one of the few ways […]
When the World Stops, Dancers Still Move
A video story following the dance community’s adjustment to social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus Impact at Miami International Airport
Rodrigo Koernig, an aspiring Airplane mechanic and American Airlines employee, explains the impact of low passenger traffic at Miami International Airport.