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William Davenport is a filmmaker, musician and teacher. He has worked on award winning productions and has shown his work at film festivals around the world. William owned a successful commercial production company for many years, before becoming a full time teacher. He has taught advanced filmmaking courses at San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley, the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking, Art Academy and the Art Institute. For three years he managed a television station and taught broadcasting courses at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale. He became interested in special education and autism while teaching at the high school. William holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Art from San Francisco State University; Master of Arts in Education in Instructional Technologies also from San Francisco State University; he is currently completing a Masters Degree at San Francisco State University in Special Education, with an emphasis on Autism.

I am the Director of TOLD in the North End community of Springfield, MA. I have a background in web design and technology, and am a small business owner - "Your Name in Bytes". We launched one of the first community digital storytelling centers in 2003. When I am not working on my web design business, running events and workshops in the North End, or Training others in other communities you can find me hanging out with my daughter and salsa-dancing.