Ashley Stroupe is a robotics software engineer specializing in Mars Rover operations. She has been at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) since completing a Ph.D. in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon […]

Holly Jonas is an international lawyer with more than 15 years of experience with local and international non-profit organizations. She is currently the Global Coordinator of the ICCA Consortium, a […]

Brian Joyner is a resource management professional with extensive experience in engaging communities, working collaboratively with internal and external partners, and managing complex projects. Recently, he directed change management activities […]

NAACP Board Chair of Environmental and Climate Justice

Mr. DeLeon is employed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where he has worked since 1987. Mr. DeLeon is a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and […]

Sloane Kali Faye is the Outreach and Marketing Director of Federal Strategies at Race Forward. Previously she worked as a racial equity strategist providing content, program design, and advising to […]

John Cullum is a DC-based film and multimedia producer with a passion for telling stories about the natural world. With a primary focus in the sciences and natural history, his […]

2023 DCEFF Vantage Grant Finalist Hayat Aljowaily is an Egyptian filmmaker based in Paris. Having grown up in five different countries, Hayat has always been interested in issues related to […]

Saara Saarela (b. 1971) has graduated in Film Studies (Maitrise) from the University of Paris 8 (1996) and as a film director (MA) from Helsinki Film School (2008). Since 2001 […]

Rakesh Nagar shoots many of the stories that Under-Told Stories produces in India. In addition to his years working with PBS, he has been shooting news and documentaries for the […]