Cady is a filmmaker and freelance journalist specializing in character-driven vérité storytelling. Based primarily in Colombia since 2015, Cady has covered a range of topics from reproductive health to cryptocurrency, to regional politics, but has primarily focused on stories related to immigration. She has shot, produced, and directed short documentaries for NBC, The New Humanitarian, and independent production companies across the Americas.

Cady was an International Women’s Media Foundation fellow and grantee for their Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice in the Americas program, and an alum of the Dart Center’s 2019 Reporting Safely in Crisis Zones course. She contributes to outlets including The BBC, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Wired, among others. She met the subjects of her forthcoming debut feature documentary — Magdiel, Mirna, and Joshua — while covering the migrant caravan in Mexico in 2018. At the start of the pandemic, with only half of photography complete and airports and borders across the region limiting travel, Cady chose to relocate to Seattle in order to continue filming and ultimately complete production for ALL WE CARRY. Before becoming a full-time storyteller, Cady directed an international education nonprofit based in Washington, DC, for five years, which took her all over the world while conducting facilitator training for college students.