Ellen is the CEO of WaterBear Network, overseeing the strategy and direction of the new interactive video-on-demand platform dedicated to storytelling around the UN Sustainable Development Goals. WaterBear is already […]

Cliff is Science Applications Coordinator for the National Park Service where he collaborates with filmmakers to create stories that inspire people to conserve our natural heritage. His past projects in […]

As a wedding and concert photographer, John Kurc was shooting the Rolling Stones in Phoenix, Arizona in the summer of 2019 when he took a detour to the US/Mexico border […]

Myles is a biologist who has been working in the Borderlands for over 20 years. Originally from California, he arrived in Arizona two weeks after the first jaguar was photographed […]

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

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 […]