Jen Nowicki Clark
Tucson, AZ
With over 16 years of expertise in participatory education, civic engagement and technology training, Jen has taught digital storytelling workshops to a wide variety of mission-driven organizations nationally and internationally. She has been directing Creative Narrations since 2007. Jen also serves as the Executive Producer for Odyssey Storytelling, a non-profit arts organization supporting monthly live storytelling events in Tucson, AZ. She received a BA in Sociology from Boston College and an MA in Linguistics from the University of Arizona.
Josh Schachter
Tucson, AZ
Josh is a photographer, visual storyteller, educator, and cultural organizer who has worked for organizations throughout the U.S. to document issues from urban revitalization to food security. His images (www.joshphotos.com) have been published internationally in books, magazines, newspapers, films and web sites, in venues ranging from the New York Times to the Navajo Times. Josh earned a master's degree in environment management at the Yale School of Forestry and Environment Studies, where he explored the role of youth photography in facilitating personal and community transformation. Over the past 18 years he has facilitated community media workshops with youth, educators and nonprofit organizations in places ranging from New Delhi to Nigeria. Since 2005 he has developed a passion for digital storytelling and has facilitated digital storytelling workshops in the US and abroad.
Antoinette Angulo
Seattle, WA
Antoinette is a public health practitioner and activist in Seattle, WA. She has over 15 years developing, implementing, and evaluating programs in clinical and community-based settings, and multi-media health promotion strategies including radio novelas, liberation theatre, photovoice, and digital storytelling with diverse populations. Antoinette earned her MPH from the University of Washington and studied health policy at UC Berkeley for her undergraduate studies. She is passionate about community building for health and is committed to addressing social inequities through leadership, capacity building, advocacy, and health promotion and research.
Natasha Freidus
Toronto, Canada
Natasha Freidus founded Creative Narrations in 2001. She has studied and worked in a range of communities including the U.S./Mexican border, the Dominican Republic, Thailand, and spent 2006-7 on a Fulbright Fellowship in Tarragona, Spain. Natasha earned her Masters degree in Urban Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she was community media coordinator and a course instructor. Through her work with Creative Narrations, Natasha was the project manager for the acclaimed community story-mapping initiative, Mapping Our Voices for Equity.
Now, Natasha is a social entrepreneur currently spearheading an initiative to leverage technology resources as the founder at NeedsList, a social venture connecting refugee aid communities with people, businesses, and civil society organizations that want to help. NeedsList emerged from Natasha's work as the co-founder of Prosper Community, a consortium of partners and volunteers who have produced and are curating a searchable database of migrant-related initiatives.