A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Carmen is a Vancouver native who now lives and works as a professional film and television editor in Los Angeles. Carmen’s editing credits include independent films Rich Kids (Best Feature HBO New York Latino Film Festival, 2018), Miss Arizona (Best Feature, Bentonville Film Festival, 2018) and Scrap Dolls (Best Live Action Short Film, Children’s Film Festival Seattle, 2017) – stories that explore the unexpected intersections of American life. As an assistant editor, Carmen was the 1st assistant editor most recently on Greyhound. Her interests include wildlife conservation and she is a team member of the Caribou Conservation Breeding Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to caribou recovery in Canada. Carmen is a self-taught needle felt artist and created the stop motion animation scenes in The Dukha. The Dukha will be Carmen's directorial and animation debut.