Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Reflections on my half-birthday. Maybe gratitude is the best place to make a change…

⏱️Timestamps
00:00 Are you here too?
00:40 What I hope to leave you with
01:00 Who I am
01:43 My half-birthday
02:10 What’s going well for me
03:40 What’s not going well
05:55 What I’m going to do about it
07:25 My current fixation
08:54 How I define success (right now)

What's up, YouTube! I'm Marissa Roxas, a cinematographer + director based in San Diego, CA.

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Edited on Adobe Premiere, Color graded on Davinci Resolve

/// Music & SFX sourced from Epidemic Sound 🎵
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My filmmaking journey so far—
2017— Graduated from film school 🎓
2018-2021— Full-time, salaried corporate videographer 📹
2021-2024— Freelanced in the camera/lighting dept. & worked part-time in e-commerce 📸🎥
2024— Directed the short film, “YOU + ME WILL ALWAYS BE BACK THEN” and learned A LOT 🎬🎞️
2025 - present– I'm an Independent Filmmaker + Freelance DP/Cam Op who works a full-time day job as an AV Technician 🎥🎤📽️

Here to remind everyone that the greatest story we'll ever tell... is the life we are living.

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