Esabella A.K. Strickland, a 19-year-old, is a typical Gen Z neurodivergent polymath. She is redefining what it means to be a modern-day Renaissance girl. Esabella is a multi-award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and published author. Additionally, she is an award-winning actress, media host, animator, and Gen Z influencer based in Vancouver, BC. Through her work in the arts, she advocates for neurodiversity and against bullying.

In front of the camera, Esabella starred in local indie short films Enlightenment, Things You Take, and Arthurs Gift. She also co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the short films My Red Ball and The Notebook through the Young Movie Makers Program. My Red Ball handles themes of bullying, written through Esabella's own life experience, it has gone on to appear in over 72 International Film Festivals, winning at 12 of them.

Esabella has appeared in local productions of "Travelers," "Goodboys," and "A Series of Unfortunate Events." She also landed a role in a California milk commercial and a feature film alongside Greg Kinnear and Terry Chen called "Sight," which was released in theatres on May 24, 2024, via Angel Studios. In the film, Esabella plays Maria, a blind girl from Moldova.
 
Behind the camera, Esabella as a screenplay writer, filmmaker and producer, Esabella's has won over 80 International Film Festival awards. A Conversation with E is already a film festival winner at 26 film festivals and a fan favourite, appearing in over 180 film festivals. Esabella also teamed up with Paul Green to help produce her first independent short film A Dialogue with Pandora, which has gone on to win 10 film festival awards. EsaBella was also a writer, director, editor and producer of the multi-awarding winning horror short film MiNE as part of Cinelab   

Esabella recently joined the Film Volt Creative Program as a Neurdivergent GenZ  Screenwriter.  Developing the next generation of Horror Feature Films including the award-winning screenplay "Death Noise" EsaBella has also developed a feature film and TV Pilot adaptation of the Award Winning Novel Then and There Here and Where - A Orabella the Oracle Saga 

As an Award Winning media host, Esabella had the honour of co-hosting the annual VarietyBC Show of Hearts Telethon as their Youth Ambassador since 2019. Esabella was an EveRIAthing red carpet host to support the 2019 Joey Awards. Esabella was the ambassador and host for Geektopia 2019 to help raise money for the Amanda Todd Legacy. Esabella was also the ambassador and virtual host for the 2020 Meowfest to help raise money for the Langley Animal Protection Society, and Regional Animal Protection Society and recently returned from the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con where she had her first panel as part of the SDICFF 

Esabella was invited to the 2019 Adobe Summit as an Adobe insider and speaker in Las Vegas. She was the youngest influencer to attend the Las Vegas event and was in the top 10 in Social Media Engagement during the week of the Summit. Many were impressed by her empathy, compassion, and insight of a Genz'r. Oct 2024 she spoke at the TedEd summit in New York as part of Etre and the next generation of TedX Speakers. 

Esabella has finished co-writing her first award-winning Young Adult Novel, Then and There, Here and Where, which was published on March 2nd, 2021. The main character, Orabella, is a Neurodivergent who learns to become a heroine. Esabella's goal is for girls to feel connected and empowered by Orabella. The book has appeared #1 on Amazon's hot new release list. 

As an artist, she is a painter, drawer, and jean pocket painter for celebrities and special orders of which 10% of sales go towards local charities. EsaBella is taking the Diploma Classical Animation at Vancouver Film School after recently returning from Class Afloat and Sailing 13,900 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean (twice) and receiving her OS Sailing Certificate.

Esabella has worked hard to train herself with techniques she uses to deal with her Adhd, Dyslexia, Tics and Social Anxiety. Through this process she's discovered what she calls her two superpowers, memorizing and a higher level of sensitivity towards others, including the characters she plays, She has also trained herself with mindfulness and grounding techniques to cope with her anxiety - something she hopes to pass onto those whom she works with.