Dora’s Mermaid Adventures

Throughout Summer 2025, I worked full-time as a production assistant at FableVision Studios in Boston, MA, and am continuing to work part time during the academic year. One of the projects I have the honor of working on is Dora’s Mermaid Adventures, produced by Nickelodeon and FableVision’s Audiyo-yo division.

As a PA on the project, I was responsible for compiling all necessary materials for recording sessions, such as scripts, relevant music files, and line references for shared lines between more than one actor. During records, I noted all the takes indicated by the director, formatted, and uploaded them for the whole team to reference. In post production, I compiled the underscore for each episode by listening to the dialogue edit, indexing where each transisiton should be, and slotting in a piece of music from the source library. I then communicated with the editor to make any necessary revisions, and attended spotting sessions with the FableVision and Nickelodeon producers to incorporate their notes.

Working on Dora’s Mermaid Adventures has been nothing short of fin-tastic, and I am beyond proud to be a part of it. Give this mer-mazing project a listen wherever you get your podcasts!

The University News Cycle (Season 10 Episode 4)

For my second season as Executive Producer of The University News Cycle, CitrusTV’s satire news show, my goal was growth. Longer episodes, more equipment, higher quality, and more ambitious comedy. I’m proud to say we did just that. Improvement, though, starts with the people. Season X had the highest member count in the history of the show, both thanks to our dedicated older members and recruitment efforts for younger members. I was grateful every day to lead such a talented, passionate crew.

This episode in particular is one of our favorites (confirmed by an almost unanimous poll), and it’s not hard to see why. We incporporated more involved props, costumes, and visual effects. With each and every segment, the writers took risks that really paid off. I am proud to facilitate an environment where our whole team has the freedom to be themselves and create comedy that is authentic to all of us.

As Executive Producer, I coordinated and led every shoot, both in the CitrusTV studio and on location. I also provided continuous notes to the writers to ensure each sketch was at its best before entering production, and I managed all pre-production, production, and post-production schedules. For our in-studio shoot, I serve as both the director, which means I provide creative notes to the actors, and I am also the studio manager, coordinating graphcis, audio, and camera teams from the production booth.

Comparing this episode to last season, I am in awe of how far we’ve come as a show, and I can’t wait to keep going. I am honored to be returning for my third season as Executive Producer. We have big plans for Season XI, so stay tuned!

Painting Portals: Musicians

A central part of my production management internship at FableVision Studios was leading the team of my fellow interns— including one developer, two artists and one archival intern—to produce an original animated video game under the mentorship of the professionals at the studio.

As the producer on the project, I was reponsible for maintaining, adjusting, and communicating the asset list and production schedule, accounting for all deliverables. I also conducted one weekly meeting with our managers to communicate our progress and one meeting for our intern team to work through roadblocks, implement feedback from QA testing, and pitch new ideas. Collaborating with the archival intern, I co-wrote the script and formatted the branching dialgoue in Unity using Inky Editor.

At the end of the summer, I organized two presentations of our finished product, one for the whole team at Fablevision and one at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the home of Giorgio Vasari’s “Musicians,” the painting and environment on which we based the game. I could not be more proud of my team and what we created together. This project, the first animated work I solo-produced, will always have a special place in my heart.

Play below or at: https://15dogss.itch.io/painting-portals-musicians

Title Card 

Introductory Animation

Early Environment Concept

Final character designs for the interactable NPCs

Walk cycle for Sasha, the main character

Game flow diagram

The University News Cycle Halloween Special (Season 9 Episode 2)

The first student organization I officially joined on campus was The University News Cycle, a satire news show similar to Saturday Night Live that airs on CitrusTV. During my first semester, I wrote headlines and packages for the show in addition to volunteering for every production role I could, including camera operator, floor director, and even actor. I was asked to take over as Executive Producer starting at the beginning of my sophomore year.

The episode below is the second one I executive produced. My work on the project involved finalizing and formatting the rundown for the show in addition to coordinating the teleprompter, on-air talent, technical director, floor director, crew in the audio booth, and camera operators to have a successful shoot in the CitrusTV studio while providing real-time directorial notes. I was also responsible for leading writers’ meetings, approving final scripts, casting, and scheduling the out-of-studio shoots.

Although The University News Cycle is live-action, my experience with the show as both a crew member and as Executive Producer has been instrumental in the development of skills such as managing a team in a studio environment, making key creative decisions, holding writing and production meetings, organizing multiple schedules, maintaining an inclusive environment that fosters creativity, and overseeing post production. I am eager to apply these skills to my chosen field of animation.

Why Did the Pigeon Cross the Road?

I joined Orange Shorts, Syracuse University’s student-run animation studio, as a first semester freshman. At the second meeting, I pitched the story of a hungry pigeon who embarks on a daring mission to cross the road for the only food in sight: a moldy bagel. To my surprise and delight, the rest of the team voted to produce it.

I took the lead on story development and wrote the screenplay for the project, incorporating the ideas of the other artists into my original vision to craft a narrative that excited all of us and included touches of everyone’s creativity. To keep the project on track, I managed the production schedule and asset list throughout the animation pipeline.

This was only the second year of our club’s existence on campus, and we were a small but mighty group. Over the course of the year, we progressed through storyboards, animatics, rough animation, and final animation, with each animator maintaining their own art style for their parts of the project. Although we were only able to fully produce the last sequence of the film, I am incredibly proud of our work. As development ramps up for the 2024-2025 school year, I am excited to announce that once again my newest pitch was chosen for production and I am honored to hold the position of Head Writer. I cannot wait to see what we create as our organization continues to grow.

Storyboard for final sequence

Animatic of the pigeon starting to cross the road