Location: Seattle

I am using Digital Stories in my DM Classes.

I work as a Health Educator

Educador de Salud

I believe good stories are gifts.

Reel Grrls is a non-profit program that empowers girls to critique media images and to create their own films!Piloted in 2001, Reel Grrls is a unique non-profit after-school media & technology training program that empowers girls to critique media images and to gain media technology skills in a safe, open environment, mentored by a network of multi-cultural women media professionals. Each year, 80 girls go through our program and graduate with valuable skills in video and audio production. We believe that it is important to give young women the skills to critically evaluate the media they are exposed to and then to empower them to produce their own media. As media plays such an influential role in our global society, we believe that if women and girls are to achieve equality and advancement in today's world they must be taught to be media literate.

I serve as the Communications and Operations Manager for the nonprofit organization Bridges to Understanding, which works to connect students in the US with their peers around the globe through digital storytelling and other multi-media exchange. I graduated from Mercer Island High School in 2000 and Magna cum Laude from Vassar College (in Poughkeepsie, NY ) in 2004 with degrees in Psychology and Anthropology. After completing college, I enjoyed working and volunteering abroad before volunteering as a grant-writer for Bridges starting in June 2005. After being hired to staff in March 2006, I have coordinated, marketed and taught at numerous successfull Bridges workshops, generated public relations materials, and ensured smooth office flow and organization.