Representation

Representation is important to me. While I cannot depict all races, religions, and creeds (in part, because the futures I've created don't necessarily carry forward modern-day religions), I do enjoy sharing what I've learned about other cultures, beliefs, and ways of thinking. I'm always listening to those who feel underrepresented, so that I can add my voice to theirs.

Mental Illness

A disease doesn't go away simply because its invisible or because other people are tired of thinking about it. My first book is dedicated to all who suffer invisible illness, both mental and physical. I struggle with depression. I have friends who suffer depression, anxiety, Chron's, fibromyalgia... These struggles make us question not whether our suffering is real (we know it's real) but whether anyone can understand how real that suffering is.

Gender and Sexuality

What successful single woman hasn't at one point been asked "when are you going to find a husband and settle down?"

After years of not ever looking (and not caring) about finding a husband, I realized I was an aromantic asexual. Then came the next hard question: how does one measure success in her life when she has no intention of finding a husband or having children? And thus a show was born - not because I knew the answer, but because I asked the question.

Check out my short comedic films about asexuals surviving in a hyper-sexual world.

In the past few months, I've realized I am also agender. I actually figured it out when I was writing Amber in The Qinali Virus. She wasn't supposed to be agender, but expressed a desire to use neutral pronouns.

Neurodiversity

I miss a lot of signals. I wish we weren't so reliant on common understanding, because for some of us, it's not common, and it can only be learned, not understood. How do we bring tolerance, acceptance, and representation to people whose understanding and experience don't match our own?

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