Kayla Briët is a 19 year old self-taught, award-winning filmmaker, composer, songwriter, musician, and producer. She performs live music using a loop pedal and multiple instruments (piano, synth, guitar, Chinese guzheng zither), creating music with the audience and singing original songs with resonating lyrics. Her short films have taken her to the White House for the First-Ever White House Film Festival, where she was invited to meet President Barack Obama, as well as to NYC, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles for awards and film festival screenings. She is a 2015 Future of Storytelling Fellow and 2016 National Young Arts Finalist in the Cinematic Arts, has released multiple singles on iTunes and Spotify, and will never stop creating.