Pajama Girl is fast to produce as she rarely has time for hairdos. She’s more powerfully creative, particularly with a good pair of slippers. She can leap tall orders while changing tires, lipstick shades, or storylines. Look, over there, in satin or flannel! It’s a multitasker, a jane-of-all-trades!
It’s Pajama Girl!
Hello, I’m a two-time Emmy award-winning documentarian who produces, writes, directs, and edits nonfiction stories of all shapes and sizes. I love collaborating with inspiring intellectuals, awesome activists, and lateral-thinking go-getters, hopefully breaking a few creative boundaries along the way!
Most recently, I’ve focused on space science stories, working primarily with The SETI Institute.
The Woman Who Dared to Ask — Are We Alone?
Jill Tarter pioneered the scientific search for ET. The first woman to graduate from Cornell’s 1965 engineering class, Tarter broke barriers in astronomy, transforming the signal-processing technology of radio telescopes to scan the skies for extraterrestrial technosignatures. As a co-founder of The SETI Institute and the real-life inspiration for Jodie Foster’s character in Contact, Tarter has brought scientific rigor and public attention to a once-fringe field that is now mainstream. Screened at SETI’s 40th Anniversary, this short documentary follow Tarter’s rollercoaster ride of a career as a woman scientist who dares to ask the universe: Are we alone?
Life’s Origins — The Shallow and The Deep
Renowned astrobiologists David Deamer and John Baross whose contrasting breakthrough theories have reshaped our understanding of the origins and definitions of life. Deamer suggests that the shallows of hydrothermal pools encouraged early cell membranes to encapsulate life’s raw materials. Baross proposes that early life spewed from scalding hydrothermal vents in the dark depths of Earth’s oceans. Both theories inform our search for life on other planets in our solar system and beyond. This short documentary highlights their scientific pursuit honored at SETI’s 2023 Drake Awards and invites audiences to ask: If life emerged once, could it do so again elsewhere?
