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Hello!

 I love nothing more than to craft powerful stories in video and to help others do the same, whether it's developing a new video series, helping a nonprofit share critical information in video, or creating a strong content strategy for a new company. My leadership skills stem from my experience filming, producing and editing, and my passion for a great story.

 

My husband, Elie Khadra, and I met while we worked at Qatar TV in Doha, Qatar, filming a documentary about the national cycling team.  He is an Emmy-award winning cinematographer and editor who has worked on numerous feature documentaries and short films. Together, we produce editorial work, and nonprofit and commercial projects.

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More about me.


I wear filmmaking hats myself (produce, shoot, edit) and have shot independent documentaries and television news stories for outlets such as the Discovery Channel, Current TV, The New York Times, the PBS Newshour and PBS FRONTLINE/World, among others. While I particularly love grassroots culture, surprising stories, and reporting from South Asia and the Middle East, I love to explore new subject areas and collaborate on innovative projects.

It has been an honor to meet the people I've filmed and to try to share their stories with dignity has been the greatest privilege of my life.

Some other highlights:
 

  • I have two boys, age 5 and 7, whom I love with all my heart.

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  • I worked in Doha, Qatar for two years and shot films inside Qatari homes and in the remote parts of the desert, as well as in Romania, the U.K. and Ukraine. My favorite project was a documentary about Richard Serra and his enigmatic project in the western desert of Qatar.  

 

  • I was a fellow with the International Reporting Project and traveled to Pakistan to produce a film on Sufi music and shrine culture under attack.

 

  • I embedded with my camera inside the Oakland's largest cannabis dispensary in 2011 as a producer/shooter for the Discovery Channel series "Weed Wars".

 

  • At FRONTLINE/World, I produced stories from France, India and Egypt and assisted on dozens of other shoots and edits.
     

  • ​My first gig was as an AP on "The Education of Shelby Knox" (Sundance Premiere, PBS POV 2005) and "The Trenchcoat Gang" (Court TV 2004).

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  • My documentary "All the Way Home," which chronicled the psychological wounds of war, was broadcast nationwide on PBS.I worked with the Center for Investigative Reporting on numerous stories about food and politics for the series "Food for 9 Billion".


I hold a BA from Vassar College and a Masters from UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

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