Saving The People’s Beach
The People's Beach has been a popular gathering place for the LGBTQ+ community since the 1940s, shaped by its beachgoers into more than just a spot to sunbathe and swim. It's a place of direct and indirect social activism, where queer joy is at the heart of the jumble of music, umbrella and bodies packed tightly along the shoreline each weekend.
But the land directly surrounding the beach is drastically and quickly changing. The recent demolition of an abandoned building, a $50 million building restoration plan and erosion threaten the future of this safe haven, some activists and beachgoers told ABC News.
Buffalo: Healing from Hate
Garnell Whitfield Jr.'s last day with his mother, Ruth. The day she was tragically shot and killed in Tops grocery store where the Buffalo New York mass shooting of May 14, 2022 took place.
2022
Cell animation & illustration
This animation was incorporated into one of the multiple videos pieces on ABC News' immersive page Buffalo: Healing from Hate. This page was created to honor and inform audiences of the healing process this community has gone through, for the one year memorial of the events.
How do vaccines work?
Animated explainer on how vaccines trigger your immune system army to defeat viruses.
2020
Illustration & motion design
collaboration with animator Donald Pearsall
*Emmy Nominated for short-form video explainer
How herd immunity from coronavirus is developed
A safe and effective vaccine is not expected until at least 2021, so how does herd immunity work, and how can this method help in getting us back to our lives and preventing the spread of COVID-19?
