As an avid traveler, I have been privileged to have spent many years exploring various countries. During this time, I developed a conscience about societal, environmental and political issues in the developing world. Though aware of the various roots of these issues and the multiple sources needed to facilitate change, I have found it my urgent responsibility to bring the stories of communities stricken by poverty, political tension and environmental degradation to an accessible media outlet, in this way, giving those people a chance to be heard.

Education:

2003-2006Bachelors of Arts, Earth and Geographic Sciences. University of Massachusetts Boston Campus, Boston MA. Magna Cum Laude 2006.

2001-2003Associates. Windward Community College, Kaneohe HI.

Professional Experience:

In May of 2007, I co-founded a small humanitarian project called Vagabond Reporters  (www.vagabondreporters.com). V.R. was created to collect and disperse information about global humanitarian issues in a creative way. Using multiple mediums (video, photo and written journalism), our objectives are to combat ignorance by giving voices to the voiceless and opening paths of communication for the silenced communities of the developing world.

2007Directed and produced Burma, Jewels and Wounds, a feature documentary extolling the human-rights violations of Burma’s ruling military regime.

2007Directed and produced 12-year-old Breadwinner, a short film documenting the lives of the street children in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Aired on Current TV in the U.S.

May 2008We have nothing. How do we go on?, article about the devastation of Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy Delta, Burma published by The Washington Post.

2008Still-photographer, videographer and field co-director for feature documentary, Deaf and Dumb: Burma Under the Junta, produced by A Pauper Production, a small production agency based in New York City. The documentary, now in post-production, is due for completion by June 2009.

ICT Skills:

Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)

Video Editing (Adobe Premiere Pro)

Photo Editing (Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom)

Web Design (iWeb for Mac)