Here you can enjoy a sampling of the work that has come out of my global adventures.
Website Redesign: Life Biosciences
x2! First redesign in April 2020; second launched in December 2021 Both redesign processes included an evaluation of messaging, overall branding and creative direction, and content development. View the website here >
Website launched in December 2021
Website launched in April 2020
Original website when I joined Life Biosciences
#ByHerSide
In 2018, alongside a graphic designer, I led the creation and launch of the #ByHerSide campaign, an integrated visibility and fundraising campaign with refreshed imagery and messaging. View the By Her Side microsite >
When a woman or girl has her community by her side, she has a brighter future. She can better advocate for her right to: pursue an education, build a livelihood, and decide whether and when she wants to marry or have children. We support her. We believe in her.
Kenya
On the shores of Lake Victoria sits the tiny village of Bondo. Here I met the Odongos, a beautiful family talking the talk and walking the walk of the benefits of the population, health, and environment approach of Pathfinder.
Family planning. Proper sanitation. Clean and safe water. Tree planting. They’re all part of Pathfinder’s population, health & environment approach. Because people don’t lead their lives in silos. Everything is connected. The Odongos know this better than many. Together, they turned planning into a way of life—from planning out their crops to deciding whether and when to have children. (video shot by David Cooper & produced in partnership with Kelly Ramundo)
Mozambique
A 5-day sprint trip to Inhambane, Mozambique to spend time with Marcia, a rockstar peer educator trained by Pathfinder. This video screened in the Official Selection at the 2019 Women Deliver Film Festival.
Marcia is an activist, one of the roughly 250 young men & women supported by Pathfinder throughout Mozambique as a first line of defense for students who may not have access to crucial information on their sexual and reproductive health at home. (video shot by David Cooper & produced in partnership with Kelly Ramundo)
Website Redesign: Pathfinder International
This year-long redesign process included selecting & managing the web development firm, leading the collaborative internal input & review, and overseeing content development and image selection for the entire site.
New website launched in October 2016
Original website when I joined Pathfinder International
Bangladesh
In May 2016, I spent 10 days touring Bangladesh, where Pathfinder currently implements the NGO Health Service Delivery Project.
We met Fatima & her family in her home, in the slums of Paghar outside of Dhaka. Within a few minutes, the electricity cut out. After some creative thinking (using a child's toy lamp and an iPhone flashlight), the interview went on. Here's her story.
Infographic: A real team effort, this infographic (designed by Simmons Ardell) shows the real importance of this work. It's saving women's lives.
Mozambique
In July 2015, I took my first trip for Pathfinder to the east African country of Mozambique. After 24 hours of travel, we arrived. And we didn't stop working until we left 10 days later. We spent half the trip in and around the capital city of Maputo; the other half was spent in the northern province of Nampula.
Videos: We met two rockstar activistas outside Maputo who walk door-to-door and discuss important issues like domestic violence and family planning. They were two of the most charismatic women I've met, so we put them on camera. Watch Judite (above)+ Lucia talk about the power of family planning.
Blog: A short blog ghostwritten for Nina, my colleague in Maputo, on the power of female condoms.
Afghanistan
I traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan in September 2013 after a two-day stay in Dubai, UAE. Most of my trip was spent in the dusty city of Kabul, but I was lucky enough to take a domestic flight to Masar-e-Sharif, a small town in northern Afghanistan that boasts relaxed security measures—a welcome change from Kabul. I was there working for Creative Associates International, who runs a USAID-funded vocational training program to boost the country's private sector.
Video + Feature Stories: I produced a more general video on the AWDP (featuring a very shy electrician) and three accompanying feature stories.
A 2-minute video on Kamila Sidiqi, the subject of the 2011 New York Times Bestselling book The Dressmaker of Khair Khana.
Blog: The people of Afghanistan were incredibly inspiring. Here's a story of a young woman I felt immediately attached to—and still keep in touch with today.
Blog: I was on my toes for much of this trip, alert and ready in case anything happened. Luckily, nothing did. And I left Afghanistan realizing that even in a war zone, life goes on.
Ethiopia
In 2011, I traveled to the Central and Southern Rift Valleys of Ethiopia as a field producer, alongside videographer Chris Overbeck and photographer David Snyder. Counterpart International implemented the USAID-funded Sustainable Tourism Alliance that enhanced biodiversity conservation and economic development.
This video showcases the success of Counterpart's conversation and tourism work in Ethiopia.
Honduras
Right behind Afghanistan in terms of dangerous trips for me is Honduras. Not many know, but every year, two Honduran cities—Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula—fight for the title of "Most Dangerous City in the World." In 2013, I traveled to both of these cities as a videographer and field producer for Counterpart International.
Counterpart's five-year Impactos project takes on corruption, violence and crime by improving communities’ ability to collaborate, find common solutions, and advocate for change.
Videos: I created two shorter videos profiling two of our partner organizations in Honduras: Fundación Hondureña de Rehabilitación e Integración del Limitado and Assistencia Legal Anticorrupcion.
Senegal
In 2011, I traveled to eastern Senegal to document a USDA-funded food security program through Counterpart International that fed 22,000 children every day. I absolutely loved this trip—it was rugged, remote, and a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
I produced a video showing how Counterpart trained community health workers and rehabilitated a number of health huts that gave people easy access to healthcare and guidance.
Matam is one of the biggest areas of Senegal and has the highest acute malnutrition rates in the country. This video shows how Counterpart's project is combating this through the training of teachers and parent-teacher assocations on nutrition and agriculture.