When I first moved to Washington, D.C., I began working at Colorlab, where I gained hands-on experience in how a lab operates and collaborates with archives. In my first month, I completed one of my first films, diving into a space that was completely new to me. Over the past year, I have expanded my skills significantly, from digitally restoring and color-correcting 8mm and 16mm film using DaVinci Resolve, to cleaning, scanning, and organizing large photographic and film archives. I have also processed Smithsonian archival collections and maintained detailed Excel-based tracking systems. Its equipt me with the skills to dive further into archival based filmmaking.