Liz Sargent is a Korean American adoptee. The proof-of-concept short Take Me Home premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, won American Cinematheque’s 2024 PROOF Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, and screened at the White House for the Olmstead decision’s 25th anniversary (2024). Its feature pitch won the 2025 Tribeca Festival’s AT&T Untold Stories Award.