Resume

DOCUMENTARY WORK

Forget Me Nots (a documentary in progress) - Producer/Director

Daughter of Suicide - Producer/Director
Awards: Nat'l Council on Family Relations Media Award - 1st Place: Mental Health, Stress, Transition, & Crisis Mgmt., 2001; June 2001 National Mental Health Assoc. Media Award; Fall 2000 Cine Golden Eagle in Public Health

IMNY, Series Producer
Awards: Two New York Emmy Awards

Body Job - Producer

The Infinite Mind, (Radio) Producer

The Same River Twice - Associate Outreach Coordinator

A Visual Life (Photography Exhibit at International Center of Photography's Education Gallery)


TEACHING

Rutgers University - Newark Campus
Film/Video Arts
Women Make Movies
Downtown Community Television Center
Association of Independent Video and Film
Sew Fast Sew Easy


EDUCATION

University of Manchester; Manchester, England
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology - Master of Arts (Econ.)

Syracuse University; Syracuse, New York (dual major)
Newhouse School of Public Communications - Photojournalism
School of Arts and Sciences - Anthropology
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude. Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.


ADVOCACY WORK

New York State Suicide Prevention Council
Contributing member of this public/private partnership committed to writing New York State's Suicide Prevention Plan. Author: "Chapter 7: Media" of our initial report "Saving Lives in New York: Suicide Prevention and Public Health." [Historical Note: State plans were called for in the Surgeon General's "Call to Action to Prevent Suicide" (1999) and again in the "National Strategy for Suicide Prevention' (2001)]

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