My background is in outdoor education and I have spent the past 12 years in Washington, DC working, in some capacity, as an educator of youth and adults. During the last six years, I have focused on photography.

I have worked teaching art and photography in community centers, detention facilities, schools and after school programs in addition to teaching privately.

In each case, the living story that is in each of us, comes through. Young people empowered with cameras and the skills to use them tell amazing stories.

Here are a few samples.