Filmmaker and artist Valerie Soe joins Sew & So to explore the powerful intersection of storytelling, identity, and sewing. A fourth-generation Chinese American, Valerie reflects on her creative journey—from learning to sew on a 1970s Kenmore machine to becoming an award-winning documentary filmmaker. The conversation centers on her latest film, The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook, which documents a grassroots movement that mobilized during the COVID-19 pandemic to produce and distribute masks to underserved communities. Valerie shares how sewing became both a practical tool and a symbol of collective care, how her dual role as participant and filmmaker shaped the story, and what this moment revealed about resilience, community, and action in times of crisis.