Open Query Letter
As an educator, I've witnessed many life-changing moments for both children and adults. As a writer, I've contemplated their struggles off campus. These stories share the real struggles of being a student, educator, and parent — along with the hope I see for our future.
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Marigold 105 pages · Drama · Honorable Mention — WILDsound FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival When a privileged overachiever and an undocumented dreamer join forces to build a home for a migrant family, they discover that legacy isn't something you inherit. It's something you build. Set in the High Desert, Marigold follows Chelsea Bernstein, a USC legacy student under pressure from her father Nathaniel to maintain her elite academic status. Her path intersects with Memo Rojas, a talented Oaxacan migrant, when they enroll in a vocational construction class led by entrepreneur Mari Gold Poule. Together with a diverse group of student-engineers known as The Collective, they apply medieval architectural principles to build a modular home for Memo's family — and force a reckoning between inherited expectations and self-made purpose. |
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Conch 100 pages · Dark Comedy · Winner, Best Script — Yucca Valley Film Festival · Quarter Finalist — Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Competition In the sunbaked Coachella Valley, twin swimmers drawn back home unwittingly unravel a web of corruption, organized crime, and exploitation — and must decide whether to challenge the system or become part of it. |
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Other Duties As Assigned 101 pages · Romantic Comedy · Finalist — Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Competition After losing his wife and daughter in a car accident, a high school administrator must hold together a fractured campus — and his own grief — while navigating the unexpected second chapter no one prepared him for. |
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Keepers 101 pages · Melodrama · Winner, 1st Scene Performance — WildSound Writing & Film Festival · Finalist — Santa Barbara Screenplay Awards Diverse Writers Outreach · Honorable Mention — Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Contest A burned-out teacher makes a shocking discovery that forces him to confront his own history — and learn that forgiveness may be the only thing that can unite his family. Pitch DeckOne SheetScreenplayWatch Scene PerformanceRead Interview |
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Revision 106 pages · Psychological Thriller · Finalist — Hollywood Screenplay Contest · Semi-Finalist — LA International Screenplay Awards Diversity Initiative · Quarter-Finalist — Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards Every writer edits their work — but what if you could edit your life? After a horrific childhood trauma, Jack discovers an innovative way to suppress his memories and break a cycle of violence, until he is manipulated into confronting what he can no longer outrun. |
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Get Along 100 pages · Neo-Western · Nominee, Best 1st Time Scriptwriter — Script Awards Los Angeles · Semi-Finalist — Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Competition During the 1992 Los Angeles riots, a USC graduate's well-intentioned plan to build a tutoring center in South Central collides with the revolutionary spirit of the community he hopes to serve — forcing both men to reckon with who gets to decide what help looks like. |
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