Caretakers
My role(s): Co-Producer, Finishing Editor, Social Content Producer, Digital Project Manager, Broadcast Editor
"Caretakers" takes an intimate look into how the relatively small Filipino American community plays such an outsized role as healers, artists, caregivers and activists. Created by Geena Rocero.
Digital Docuseries | 4 episodes | 2021
PBS Broadcast Special | 30 minutes | 2022
🏆 Awards & Nominations
GLAAD Media Award, 2022
Nominee - Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia
Webby Awards, 2022
Honoree, Video — Health and Wellness
New York Emmy Awards, 2022
Nominee - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Short Form Content
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Caretakers: A Filipino Chef Feeds a Summer of Protest
Nominee - Health / Medical - Short Form Content
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Caretakers: A COVID Nurse Finds Reasons to Dance
Nominee - Human Interest- Short Form Content
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Caretakers: From Primetime to The Pandemic Frontlines
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Caretakers: Therapist by Day, Drag Socialite by Night
✨Project Highlights
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Working with Geena, Jon, and the rest of the production team! Such a beautiful group of people and I'm so honored that I got to collaborate with them. This was the project that really pushed me into more of a documentary focus.
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Sharing the edit. I took the episodes from fine cut to final and by sharing Premiere projects with the editor & DP, Patrick Ryan Morris, wow, I learned so much! About color, structure, music, everything.
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The feedback we received from the Filipino community. Our team had a coworker reach out to us after the trailer screened in a company-wide meeting to tell her how meaningful it was to hear Tagalog spoken in something produced by our station.
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Going to the GLAAD Awards. A group of us attended the GLAAD Awards back in 2022. It was the first time I was able to meet two of the series' subjects — Angel and Aleksa. A great time that only caused me mild outfit anxiety (that's a lie, it caused me a lot of outfit anxiety).
