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A visual storyteller for over 15 years, I have experience in every element of digital content creation. Whether it’s research, story-spotting, building relationships with subjects, filming, photography, editing or distribution, I have worn every hat. I excel at helping my clients turn nascent ideas into successful digital strategies that get real results in social media engagement, fundraising, and advocacy. I do this work because I’ve seen stories change minds, influence public policy, and build empathy among strangers. I am currently employed at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a humanitarian aid and refugee resettlement nonprofit at work in over 40 countries. I live in the Harlem Valley outside of New York City.
Produced, shot and edited a documentary that led to a single multi-million dollar donation for the non-profit Trees for the Future.
Led content trips and shot in active war zones.
Co-designed and led storytelling workshops, training over 100+ digital story-spotters around the world.
Co-designed and implemented the International Rescue Committee’s video archive containing decade’s worth of footage.
Designed a “deep consent” protocol to safeguard story subjects.
Photoville NYC 2019 “Welcome”
The Guardian “Finding Herbs and Medicine in the Bronx Food Forest”
Al Jazeera “Afghan Chef in Virginia Welcomes Refugees with Meals”
NowThis News “Inside a Shelter for Newly Admitted Asylum Seekers, With Piper Perabo”
Reuters “Senegal tracks route of Guinea student in race to stop Ebola”
Reuters News
Spotify
Human Rights Watch
International Rescue Committee
Columbia University
Artisanal Gold Council
The Elevate Prize Foundation
Trees for the Future
Malaysia AIDS Council
TradesUp