Ani is President of the NGO Asociación ProCosta, an organization dedicated to conserving marine ecosystems while improving local livelihoods in El Salvador. For over a decade, Ani has worked in […]

Sam Fulwood III is dean of American University’s School of Communication and a prominent journalist, public policy analyst and author, whose work addresses key issues of media influences on American […]

Melissa Bisagni is a film curator, consultant and festival programmer specializing in Indigenous and Asian American film. She is currently the Festival Director for the DC Asian Pacific American Film […]

Tom Vick is the curator of film at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. Formerly Vick was the coordinator of film programs at the Los Angeles County Museum of […]

Tom Nastick is Producer of Public Programs at the Center for the National Archives Experience in Washington, DC. He is chiefly responsible for film programs, which draw upon the vast […]

Cindy Benitez is the program manager at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). She curates and runs NMAI’s annual Native Cinema Showcase, hosts film and conversation series […]

Based in Baltimore, film programmer Joanna Raczynska organizes screenings and time-based media artist presentations for the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (2009-present). She has worked with a variety of […]

Kathryn Barrows is an award winning television Producer, Cinematographer, and FAA certified Drone Pilot. Seeking stories of challenge, exploration and adventure, Kathryn brings a constant curiosity and enthusiasm for life […]

Susan is an adventurous marine biologist who completed her PhD in Scotland on the foraging ecology of grey seals before studying southern elephant seals from the Antarctic Peninsula in Tasmania. […]

Ida lives in Longyearbyen on Svalbard and has been working as a wilderness and adventure guide in the most northerly part of Sweden. Ida is polar bear expert and snowmobile […]