As Director of Education, Film at Lincoln Center, Poux designed the education division, benefiting more than 2000 students annually. She also founded the pioneering youth arts organizations, Urban Arts Partnership (NYC), and Youth Ensemble Theater for rural-disenfranchised youth, and has garnered awards from NY Thespian Festival, Education Theater Association of NYS, US Department of Education, Consortium of International Arts Educators, among others.
As education specialist for Mary-Stuart Masterson’s Stockade Works, in Kingston NY, Poux co-designed their film crew training programs for under-employed civilians in Ulster County.
Inspired by her own child’s experiences, in 2019, Poux wrote/directed Do Nothings, a film about a gender-queer teen who risks isolation because of their disinterest in vaping and mainstream culture. In 2020, she shot the film’s sequel, I’m Okay. (Both shorts: NewFilmmakers NY, 2021, NYWIFT iWoman Fest, 2022.)
Most recently Poux produced Sunday at Il Posto Accanto by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (“The Get Down”/Netflix, “Them”/Amazon), starring NYC performer wizard, Danny Hoch, and Victor Rasuk (How to make it in America, Raising Victor Vargas).
Poux resides in Rosendale NY with her life-partner, Johnny, with whom she has raised two kids, three cats, and many ducks.