I believe love is bittersweet, especially young love.

As for major obstacles keeping young Latinos from becoming filmmakers, I think our communities are still coming into their identities as storytellers. It's such an important identity to reclaim - it's how our ancestors kept our cultures alive. But a long history of silencing, invisibility, and marginalization has kept generations of Latinos from believing in themselves, from seeing themselves as agents of their own lives. I think there needs to be a focus on this aspect to help cultivate young Latinas to see themselves as cultural producers and defenders.

A theatrical on a tight budget really only becomes about generating critical reviews for you and your film, not revenue.

I feel like social media is something that has yet to be considered a viable platform for marketing in the industry.

I think my biggest advice to filmmakers is to look into the many digital platforms that exist for you and your team to distribute your film.

I hope my visual language inspires others to tell their stories and challenges people's thinking.

As I have been paving my career as a filmmaker my parents have been there for me every step of the way. They have believed in my dreams despite how steep the mountain has been.