I come from the world of humanitarian aid and nternational development, first getting my start in as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger, West Africa, where I lived in a mud hut with a straw roof in a tiny village of 40 people.and later in a small town of 10,000. Without running water or electricity, I cooked on a portable burner hooked up to a small cannister of gas. I perfected my French language skills and picked up Fulfulde and Djerma. After 3 1/2 years in Niger, I returned to the Washington, DC area, and over the next ten years, I worked for several non-governmental organizations, large and small, including the American Red Cross, Population Services International, and Counterpart International, managing food security and public health programs in Africa and Asia. During this period, I spent two years in South Sudan, where I
lived in a tent the entire time!
While I always loved photography, I only began to work professionally as a photographer in 2007, when I returned from South Sudan. Since then, my photography has been recognized and/or published by the Global Health
Council, Population Services International, Gorta, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, EOS Magazine, Parish Gallery in Georgetown, Gallery Serengeti, and the Metropolitan Center of the Visual Arts. I received an FY08 Creative Projects Grant from the Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Council for travel/documentary photography. My work has been described
as strikingly beautiful, haunting, thought-provoking, and having "the eye that makes the ordinary simply extraordinary.” I am available for assignments in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and around the world.
