Educator

From 2014-2018, I worked with Pittsburgh Filmmakers' Youth Media program, helping young people of all ages and demographics to advance their media literacy and media production skills. In 2015 I became the Program Manager.

My journey as an educator began when I started teaching documentary filmmaking at a low-income high school via a partnership between Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Carnegie Mellon University’s HearMe101 program. Then, I moved into teaching short-form workshops and longer classes for a variety of students in video production, stop-motion animation and photography. Eventually I became manager of the program, overseeing a staff of talented teaching artists who love sharing their knowledge with young people. While managing the program, I continued to teach classes in a variety of formats, including video editing and production classes for adult learners. I earned a Teaching Artist Certificate from the University of the Arts in 2018.

In our increasingly connected world, all of us - regardless of age, demographic, background or socioeconomic status - must speak the language of visual storytelling in order to be a fully engaged citizen. I am passionate about advancing media literacy skills for everyone, learning by doing and fostering a safe, collaborative learning environment for any team I am a part of.