About Kendra McGee is a first generation B.F.A. Film student at Texas State University and an award-winning filmmaker with experience in film and media. She is passionate about telling heartfelt stories surrounding the arts, family, and childhood. She is the Videographer/Editor for the NAACP award winning animated series Gracie's Corner, a 2023 International Radio and Television Society Fellow, and the winner of the 2022 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Diversity in Media Competition. Her web series "Playground" was an official selection at the 2024 Austin Film Festival, and was nominated for a jury award in the Digital Series category. Kendra has been passionate about filmmaking since she was a child, and looks forward to a life surrounded by the art. Post graduation she plans to write and produce her first feature film, continue to grow as a director, and one day win an Oscar.