- Assisted high school students with their first experience in Autodesk Maya, providing guidance during introductory 3D animation lessons.

- Taught an intro to character rigging lesson, guiding students through the creation of a basic joint-based biped rig for a model created during the academy's modeling lesson.

- Introduced students to foundational rigging concepts including joint placement, skinning, and basic deformation while keeping the workflow to a limited class period.

- Contributed character rigging and animation to The Lagoon, a primarily live-action short film.

- Modified an Advanced Skeleton quadruped rig, adding custom controls and manually weight-painting the character to achieve more naturalistic deformation on intersecting meshes.

- Animated multiple shots featuring the quadruped character, with an emphasis on integration with live-action footage.

- Collaborated with the director in weekly reviews to refine animations and match the desired character performance and visual direction.

- Prepped animations for Unreal Engine using Alembic caches, collaborating with the VFX and environment teams for seamless integration.

- Assisted elementary and middle school students through their first experiences creating short films, providing guidance across acting, production, and editing.

- Led an introductory acting lesson covering basic acting history, Stanislavski technique, and interactive performance exercises.

- Completed post-production in Adobe Premiere Pro for student short films, editing individual projects and Behind the Scenes photos into a compilation for parents.

- Taught students the fundamentals of Adobe Premiere Pro and provided additional post-production support for their project.