Sasha Isaac-Young is a published visual artist, writer, and filmmaker. While earning her MFA in Film Production at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Isaac-Young directed a short documentary entitled Foster Stories, which was an exploration of the common experience of growing up in foster care. Foster Stories won best Documentary Short at Urbanworld film festival in NYC and sold to the Independent Film Channel in 2005. While still at USC, Isaac-Young wrote and directed the short narrative film, Little Valerie, a dark drama about a young girl vying for the attention of the teenaged boy who lures her away from her institutional home. This short script secured Isaac-Young as the only film student ever to be awarded school funding for directing both a documentary and a fiction film at USC. Little Valerie also sold to the Independent Film Channel. Along with her degree from USC, Isaac-Young holds a BA in Acting and a BFA in Drawing/Printmaking from Washington University in St. Louis. Isaac-Young also studied acting and directing at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London and worked as an assistant dramaturge at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Originally from Seattle, Isaac-Young resides in Los Angeles, where she continues to pursue filmmaking as an art form and a profession.