EXCLUSIVE:Wavelengthhas revealed the 2025 recipients of its WAVE Grant.
Read a bio for each recipient below.
Its all about access, opportunity and long-term impact.
All of its grantees are actively working in the industry today.
Shanice Bretteis a writer and director from Castries, Saint Lucia, now based in NYC.
Growing up in Brooklyns Little Caribbean, she found her voice telling layered stories of Afro-Caribbean immigrant women.
Inspired by L.A.s underground rave scene, Chavez sees her work as a diary of fleeting moments.
Her short film,Blush, follows the lives of teen girls growing up in Singapore.
Erika Yangis a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and software engineer from Knoxville, TN.
In her free time, she enjoys thrifting, lyra and whatever side quests she stumbles upon.
