 Only 7% of Hollywood's films are being directed by females. Yet in 2016, 51% of movie tickets were purchased by women. As major contributors to this industry, shouldn't there be more female storytellers? I'm here to meet the next generation of female filmmakers. I think it's really sad that women are so underrepresented in the filmmaking world because we have a lot of stories to tell that are just as strong as men's stories. If you watch a movie and you actually sit there and you watch the credits, it seems kind of impossible. But like when I started taking my first film one class, and I was like, oh, like, this is something anyone could do. They really wanted to. This school is LAUSD, USC Media Arts and Engineering Magnet. So to me, I feel that it's great to be able to help train the next generation of filmmakers. And we've had some young women who've just really taken off. They want to be directors. They want to be cinematographers now. I mean, the kids already have cameras in their hands, whether it's in their phone or their iPad or whatever it might be. We're just showing them how to be more professional with whatever they're shooting. Girlsville Delay is a all girls leadership project. We are in 50 schools in LA County. Unfortunately, it is, I would say, it's still harder to be a woman than it is a man, both in school and in the workplace. The way that this program empowers young artists, I think, is it's pretty valuable that they connect them with a real world mentor. In terms of storytelling, why do you think it's so important to get their point of views out? It's really putting the cameras and the equipment in their hands. But one thing I love to do with my classes, whether it's a documentary or a narrative story, we always ground it some way into their life and to issues that they're dealing with, where they can make it personal. And to be able to put your own voice into that, to tell your stories, especially for young women, to be able to see things that represent them and that they can identify with. Classes like Mr. Wainey's help, because you see that it's doable making films. We need to understand that we do have the power now to actually go so high in the film industry so we shouldn't just, you know, step back and be the secretary and the little assistant that brings coffee to the director. Like, we can be the director and we have equally creative minds. And there's more girls born every day, so there should be a reason why we can. For more information, please visit girlsbuildla.weebly.com