Additional Rendering: The Leavened Light Short Film


I created this short film during the last year of my undergrad in animation. The film focuses on our journey on this earth, and how each and every human has a choice to either be a light or to be consumed by darkness. It is in our human nature to be weak and to fall, but we our saved in the end by the one light that still remains: God. At the end of the day, we're all humans, we all come from the same source and we end our journey in the same place. What matters is what we do here on earth, and how we learn to be the best version of ourselves while making the world a better place. In terms of students, teachers, and the education system, we all have a choice to be loving and accepting of one another, despite our differences. To be inclusive is to love, and that is the greatest gift of all. 
When I have my own classroom (in the Catholic school board), I believe that it is my responsibility to uphold and exhibit the values of the Catholic faith, in order to spread this light across all students who enter the classroom. I hope to be a good role model that students can look up to, someone who can inspire students to be themselves and to learn to accept one another for who we are, and that is: being children of God. 

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