Carina Mia Wong is a filmmaker and journalist fascinated by the psychology of transformation and exploring cross-cultural definitions of healing. Amidst the manmade polycrisis we’re all reckoning with, she’s driven to promote narratives from the Global South and tell stories of regeneration amidst collapse.

Her directorial debut We Can Be Heroes (2025), follows a group of teenagers as they create a fantasy world to help them better understand their reality. Described by The Hollywood Reporter as “a documentary that will make your heart swell,” the film was awarded SXSW’s Special Jury Award for Bravery and Empathy, Woodstock Film Festival's Audience Award, and was distributed by Tribeca Film. Her most recent work has focused on peace-building efforts, created in collaboration with Big Think Media, the On Being Project, and the Skoll Foundation.

Past credits: Trafficked (National Geographic / Emmy nom), We’re Here (HBO), Vice on HBO (Emmy Awards, NY Press Club). Speaker at the 2023 Ferenczi International Conference on Psychoanalysis. Former student at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicine.

Born and raised in northern New Jersey, Carina’s a proud daughter of Filipinx and Chinese immigrants. Today, she lives in the Brazilian Cerrado in Brasília.