2026 | ~20 minutes | Directed by Ching Yu | Website
national premiere at the Banff Mountain Film Festival (Canada), world premiere at the SCINEMA International Science Film Festival (Australia)
SYNOPSIS
She Measures the Earth follows four female scientists Dr. Alison Criscitiello, Jocelyn Hirose, Isobel Phoebus, and Dr. Chimira Andres, as they redefine what it means to be a scientist today. Through their journeys, the film celebrates the creativity, resilience, and dedication of diverse women in science. It captures their roles as researchers, mentors, artists, and community members, bringing fresh perspectives to climate change, gender equity, and the evolving face of science.
* Expeditions welcome cisgender girls and transgender, agender, Two Spirit, nonbinary, intersex, and genderqueer youth.
WHY THIS FILM MATTERS
Glaciers are vanishing at unprecedented rates. Anti-DEI backlash and climate denialism are rising across North America. She Measures the Earth stands at this critical intersection where science, representation, and resistance meet. It is a story of women leading on the front lines of climate change, reclaiming space in science, and reshaping the narrative with resilience, care, and hope.
I started dancing at the young age of 4 years old at Body Pointe Ballet Centre in the Philippines and continued my professional dance training at The School of Cadence Ballet where I graduated as a senior principal member of the youth company. Coming from an arts high school background as a graduate from the Iona Secondary School Arts Program as well as a professional training program, I am trained in the genres of Vaganova and RAD Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Jazz, Improvisation, and both Classical and Contemporary Ballet Pointe repertoire. I have been lucky enough to have worked with and assisted mentors/choreographers in the dance industry.
Along with being a scientist, I am a free lance dancer, choreographer who was also the co-captain and president of MAC Dance: McMaster University Varsity Competitive Dance Team from 2016-2018. I have also performed and choreographed at various events with the Parahumans Dance Company, Dance Ontario, Cadence Bridges Ballet, Scholarship Dance Toronto, and more. In 2020, I committed to 1-year work term in the Netherlands working for the European Space Agency (ESA), while training with the DansBlok Collective. I am currently working on a project called 'Dance Your PhD' aiming to bridge the arts and sciences in a way that is more accessible to everyone. While constantly juggling academia and dance, I believe that having the two, sets a good balance and motivation towards continuing a passion for teaching/mentoring in the arts and science!
