Carina Mia Wong is an award-winning filmmaker and journalist. She's fascinated by explorations of the human psyche and the true nature of healing.

Her directorial debut We Can Be Heroes (2024), won SXSW’s 2024 Special Jury Award for Bravery and Empathy, Nevada City Film Festival’s Best Feature Documentary Award, and Woodstock Film Festival's Audience Award. Described by The Hollywood Reporter as “a documentary that will make your heart swell,” the film is available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Kanopy, Kinema.

Other credits: We’re Here, Trafficked (Emmy nom), Vice on HBO (Emmy Awards, NY Press Club). Speaker at the 2023 Ferenczi International Conference on Psychoanalysis. 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 calls Brasília, Brazil home.