SKILLS

Oral History + Investigative Journalism: research, story ideation, writing, interviewing, scriptwriting, fact-checking

Audio: recording, production, editing, site-specific, multichannel, installation, immersive sound design

Photography + Film: creative direction, production, editing, screenwriting, scoring

TOOLS

Audio: Protools, Adobe Audition, Hindenburg, Logic, Izotope

Photography + Film: Adobe Premier Pro, Finalcut Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop

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EDUCATION

Columbia University, Masters Degree (US)

• Oral History ( * interdisciplinary with MS Journalism + MFA Sound Arts)

Connecticut College, Bachelors Degree (US)

• Majors: Human Rights + Environmental Studies | Minor: Dance

• Study Abroad / Fellowships: South Africa, India, Kenya, Senegal, Morocco

Professional Development — Global

• Languages: Arabic, Sijal Institute for Arabic Langauge and Culture (Jordan)

• Audio: Harvestworks, Union Docs, Transom, Experimental Sound Studio (US)

• Journalism: Salt Institute, Duke Center for Documentary Studies, Columbia College (US)

• Urban Studies / Sociology: University of Chicago (US)

FELLOWSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, VOLUNTEERING

• UnionDocs Fellow | Brooklyn, US

• Columbia Center for Justice: Rikers Island “Beats, Rhymes, and Justice” | NYC, US

• The Bronx Documentary Center | NYC, US

• The Invisible institute | Chicago, US

• Foundation For Sustainable Development | India

• African Women Rising | Uganda

• The Homeless Garden Project | Califonia, US

• Permaculture Research Institute: Ethiopia, Thailand, Australia

• International Rescue Committee | Arizona, US

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PODCASTS + RADIO

• Magnificent Noise (producer) | NYC, USA

  • TED: Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala Podcast (2 seasons)

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Immaterial Podcast

• BBC World Service (producer, narrator, sound designer) | US, Myanmar

  • Imran Is Stateless

• United Nations Development Programme (producer + host) | NYC, US

• The Brooklyn Movement Center / Brooklyn Deep (editor, sound designer) | NYC, US

  • School Colours — Brooklyn Deep

• PEN America Prison & Justice Writing Program + The Marshall Project (consultant) | NYC, US

• 99% Invisible (contributing researcher and producer) | US

  • "Loud & Clear"

• The Theory of Everything (contributing researcher and producer) | US

  • "Analog Time"

• Valparaiso University Law School (producer, sound designer) | US

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FILM

• Carlos Javier Ortiz

  • We All We Got

  • A Thousand Midnights

  • I’m Here

• Nina Berman

  • An Autobiography of Miss Wish

  • The Triumph of The Shill

• Tirtza Even

  • Natural Life Interactive

  • Half Truths, Full Lies

• Donna Ferrato

  • Road Trip U.S.A

• Caveh Zahedi

  • The Show About The Show

  • First Crush

PHOTOGRAPHY

• Nick Brandt (creative collaborator)

  • The Day May Break | Jordan

• Donna Ferrato (creative collaborator)

  • Finding Our Voices | Maine, US

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EXHIBITIONS + LIVE SHOWS

CLIENTS + COLLABORATIONS

• Jack Saul + The International Center for Trauma Studies

  • “Moral Injuries of War” Multichannel Installation

    • National Museum of Art (Unfinished Festival) | Romania

    • The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education | PA, USA

    • Jack Saul Studio | NY, US

    • National Sawdust | Brooklyn, US

• Carlos Javier Ortiz

  • "I'm Here"

    • Picturing Justice / Atlanta Celebrates Photography | GA, USA

• Tirtza Even + Meg McLagan

  • “Half Truths and Full Lies”

    • SAIC Sullivan Galleries | IL, USA

    • Casa de Rosado | MI, USA

• Nina Berman

  • An Autobiography of Miss Wish

    • Organ Vida International Photography Festival, CROATIA

  • Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys

    • University of S. Florida Contemporary Art Museum | FL, USA

• Alaa Hassan

  • "Cardboard Castle"

    • Photoville | NYC

• Nyssa Chow

  • “Still.Life”

    • CHI Studio | TRINIDAD

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SELECT JOURNALISM

• The New York Times Op-Ed — Dare To Survive (by Donna Ferrato)

• The Intercept — When The Jets Fly: New Warplanes Turn U.S. Towns Into Sonic Hellscapes (by Nina Berman)

• The New Yorker: A Thousand Midnights: Chicago and The Legacy of The Great Migration (by Carlos Javier Ortiz)

• The Marshall Project — I Proposed To My Girlfriend In Prison (w/ Adolfo Davis)

• The Marshall Project — My First Father-Daughter Dance Was In The Prison Gym (w/ Efrén Pardes Jr.)

• The Atlantic — Letter: Laquan McDonald’s Death and The Rhetoric of Police (w/ Lizzie Robillard Brimhall)

• NPR — “Lead In Da Watah” — Michigan Radio (w/ Avery R. Young)

• Weinberg / Newton Gallery (in partnership w/ The ACLU) — “Try Youth As Youth”

• The Invisible Institute — “UCPD Community Forum”

• The Permaculture Research Institute — “Film Review: One Day Everything Will Be Free”; “Permagardens In Practice: Resilience In Action”; “Permaculture: A Call for Diversity”

  
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LIVE RADIO SHOWS

• Tape Fest | NYC, USA

• Down The Rabbit Hole | NYC, USA

• The Loudest Voices You've Never Heard — Kathmandu, NEPAL

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TEACHING

• International Center for Photography

  • Guest Artist Lecture for Multimedia Storytelling

• “Seeing / Listening” workshop with Nina Berman

  • Organ Vida International Photography Festival | CROATIA

• “Storytelling In Sound”

  • Nexus Culture, NEPAL

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PRESS

CNN

• Displaced by War, Syrian Refugees Are Now Casualties of The Climate Crisis

The New York Times

• Travel The World With Your Ears

• Podcasts for Horoscopes, Adulting and Phish Fans: Here’s What’s New

The Atlantic

• The 50 Best Podcasts of 2019

Vulture

• School Colors, Heavy Medals, and 5 Other Podcasts Worth Checking Out

NPR

• WYNYC: The Brian Lehrer Show: Seeing Race, Class & Power Through Brooklyn Schools

• WABE: City Lights with Louis Reitzes: "Picturing Justice"

NY1 Inside City Hall

• 'School Colors': New Podcast Explores Race and Power in Brooklyn Schools

International

• Kathmandu Post: "The Loudest Voices You Never Heard"