Tags: Digital Storytelling

 Katy Gross is a native Santa Fean who received her Masters Degree in Art Education from NYU in the winter of 2010. She taught during and since that time as an instructor in documentary photography and assisted in curricular development in various arts programs in New York City. Katy graduated from Brown University in 2005, where she studied International Development. Her senior thesis focused on the power of documentary film and photography in promoting democracy in Latin America. She studied photography at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and in the Documentary Studies program at the former College of Santa Fe. She believes very much in the power of storytelling and is thrilled that she has been given the opportunity to help young people tell their stories.

Adam Selon is a social worker and activist living in Washington state. Adam is the Young Adult Program Director at Capital Clubhouse, a consumer-run mental health recovery program in downtown Olympia. He is the Regional Director of Youth N’ Action for Thurston County, a member of the The Evergreen State College’s Icarus Project, and a Certified Peer Counselor for Washington State. Mr. Selon most recently facilitated Digital Storytelling workshops for youth and young adults in recovery. These workshops combined; Joe Lambert’s model from the Center for Digital Storytelling, developmental asset resiliency methodologies developed by the Search Institute, and Richard Gold’s PONGO Teen Writing approach. Mr. Selon is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree at The Evergreen State College where he is studying community development, participatory research, and strategies for social change.

Mickey is a third year Ph.D. student in the Communication and Society program and a graduate teaching fellow in media production and digital storytelling.  After earning her master's degree at the UO in Folklore (with a focus on oral history), she decided to pursue a doctorate in communication studies in the hopes of combining oral history, collaborative ethnography, and digital tools in the emerging field of Digital Storytelling.  Mickey is a freelance photographer and worked in New York for Mother Earth News magazine as a photo editor.  She has also worked for Ms. and American Health magazines on a freelance basis as an editor and proofreader and recently, as a librarian for the Natives Program in the 4J School District. She volunteers with the Trauma Healing Project, incorporating digital storytelling into healing processes with teens.