As a child, Zoë became obsessed with stop-motion animation by watching The Nightmare Before Christmas and Wallace and Gromit on an alternating loop, wanting to live in those tactile worlds full of whimsy, textures, quirky characters, and offbeat humor. 

Alongside her best friend and collaborator Michelle Calderon she made the stop-motion short film, "Safe At Home." They have a number of upcoming stop motion projects under their shared production company Joechelle Films.