Before the filmmaking, before the investigations, before all the…

MAY 16 2026 · 12:00

Before the filmmaking, before the investigations, before all the fighting - there was the ocean. I moved to the coast to surf the moment I finished school, drawn by this inexplicable connection to the salty water that just felt like home (ughh so cheesy but so true haha!) And these days, when everything feels a bit too overwhelming - the destruction, the injustice, the pain - I try to remind myself of that first why, the initial reason why I started this journey in the first place. All the things that make my heart feel like a sun about to explode. Because I don’t want to act from a place of fear. But from one of love and connectedn