So who am I?

I like to label myself as a creative overthinker, but in reality, I’m a multimedia creator. 

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My creative journey started in my senior year of high school. I took a photography and graphics design class and fell in love with both. It felt like I awakened this feeling inside of me that I didn’t know I had. 

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That feeling was passion. 

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However, at that time, I didn’t know I had a passion for those sorts of things (I just found it fun). I had never thought of wanting to do anything “digital” for my career…actually…I didn’t know what I wanted to do in general at the time. This led me to take a gap year after I graduated high school (2023), working part-time jobs and constantly worrying about how my future will turn out. 

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Fast forward to 2024, when I had my second job, I kept thinking about possible career choices (firefighter, EMT, army). The more I looked into it, the more I realized how physical work is just not meant for me whatsoever. I didn’t like the idea of going back to school, for some reason I just didn’t want to continue with education anymore. I started to think about my past trying to figure out what it was that I liked, and I remembered photography and graphics design. Since my second job was only seasonal, and my time was going to end soon, I looked into education for something that compared to what I used to like. That’s when I found Digital Media.

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I took the risk of going back to school, in hopes that I can get something out of it. That risk was the best decision I’ve made for myself. In just my first semester at San Joaquin Delta College, I felt as if I had finally found myself. I fell in love with video production and editing, which gave me the goal of wanting to become a filmmaker. And so because of this goal, I decided to upload three of my projects. to San Joaquin Delta College’s 2024 Film Festival, and I won a trophy for each one of them. Winning those trophies did not just give me hope for my future, but it gave me strength to improve my skills and expand my creativity.

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Currently, I am still studying Digital Media at San Joaquin Delta College, while still learning new skills that I can apply to my future. I was able to buy a camera recently and have been doing a lot of photography (I forgot how much fun it used to be). However, my goal isn’t just to become a filmmaker now, I want to do all sorts of things. That is why I label myself as a multimedia creator (or creative overthinker). 

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There’s this one quote from Van Gogh that I love that connects to my story.

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“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”