Journey with Giovanny is a 48-minute film featuring 10 bilingual music videos about my friendship with Giovanny Padilla Mojica and his 3,000 mile migrant journey from Colombia to the US. I began writing these songs when my family moved to Colombia in 2008 to serve with Mennonite Central Committee. Giovanny was our doorman, and he opened my eyes to the daily reality of Colombians living outside the comfort of our gated apartment complex. I was so fascinated by Giovanny’s life story and the ways it contrasted with mine that I began to write about it. When my family and I completed our service in Colombia and returned home, one of Giovanny’s poetic phrases proved true for us---distance separates but thoughts unite. We stayed in touch, and in 2022 Giovanny left Colombia for the US. Giovanny’s experiences during his migrant journey rekindled my writing about our intersecting lives. My writing evolved into song lyrics I began to play on the guitar. In the midst of this, as if by magic, I met Chilean singer-songwriter-producer Pedro Abriles, who had recently moved to Chattanooga. Pedro invited me into his studio and we began recording these songs, inspired by our daily updates from Giovanny as he traveled north. It was a dream come true when Giovanny finally arrived in Chattanooga. We spent the next 9 months filming these music videos about his life and mine. The deeper I’ve been drawn into this story, the more I’ve realized it’s about my journey as well. It’s about the roads we’ve chosen, the obstacles we’ve overcome, and the borders we’ve crossed to reach a new place we call home.