She is an alumna of The Barrow Group (Off-Broadway, NYC), the Netflix x BANFF DOV Initiative and of the 2023 BIPOC TV & Film x Warner Bros. Episodic Writers’ Lab.
A prolific creative and polyglot, she works globally, having collaborated with organizations such as Interscope, T.D.E, Black Square, Shopify, NIA Centre for the Arts, Sisterhood Media and artists like Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Her work has screened at international festivals, and has been endorsed by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Black Screen Office and the Indigenous Screen Office.
Helena was a TEDx Speaker Coordinator, and as the Associate Programmer for TIFF Rising Stars 2020, she had the pleasure of hosting mentorship sessions with David Oyelowo, Tantoo Cardinal and the Casting Society of America.
Helena is in development for various TV series and recently launched a wellness platform & podcast called The Flowprints. As of July 2024, she is a resident of the prestigious Norman Jewison Film Program (CFC).
The CFC’s “In Character” Productions are original, cinematic character driven 2-hander scenes, written by the writers and directed by the directors in the Norman Jewison Film Program. These are intended to deepen our filmmakers appreciation of cinematic character creation and working with actors within a very contained on-set experience. Actors involved in these productions will have the opportunity to work with 2 different directors as they direct them in the same scene and these produced scenes will be made available later in September for the actor’s reels.
In this scene, we’re exploring friendship, the toxicity of situationships and above all, choosing to love yourself enough to make better choices in relationships no matter one’s past wounds.
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Paloma | Female 27 - 34 Years old |
Description Hispanic, Latina or Afro-Latina. We welcome and embrace Latinx actors with an accent for this role. Paloma is a slightly sarcastic, big-hearted millennial lawyer from Venezuela and a newcomer in Canada. She's pretty stubborn and risk averse but her friend Chloe's kooky adventures always tickle her inner child. Painfully out of her umpteenth situationship, Paloma despises Toronto’s dating scene and has zero talking stage left in her tank. Until she meets Nilan. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Chloe | Female 27 - 34 Years old |
Description Black. Very expressive. Chloe met Paloma during an exchange program many moons ago and they have been inseparable ever since. She's a bubbly Black relationship coach and social media sensation. She embodies the voice of reason and bestie everybody needs. | ||