After spending her adolescence pursuing microbiology research, it was only after gaining traction as a movie critic that Ciara Wardlow realized pursuing a career in film might be feasible after all. Of Black and Irish descent, she first discovered the privilege of feeling truly represented on-screen when she saw Ruth Negga in a movie. Her goal is to foster projects that tap into the wide appeal of well-wrought emotional truths while centering voices that are underrepresented in the current media landscape. A graduate of Wellesley College, she works as a development assistant at Maven Screen Media.