I could not bid goodbye to 2021 without acknowledging the impact my friend and colleague Cliff W. Gilmore had on my life this past year. At the top of 2021, like many people here in America and around the world, I was looking for a career opportunity as the world was opening up. I applied […]

Changing the climate at CYFD will take time My experience at the Children Youth and Family Department of New Mexico was, at times, bizarre, disturbing, and disappointing. I did however meet a handful of great human beings, among them my friend: Cliff W. Gilmore, retired Marine and former Public Information Officer for the CYFD, and […]

How long have we known each other Richard Heydarian? I have certainly known you long enough to recognize you as a leading voice on the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region. My time living and working in the Philippines remains the most important chapter in my life and I want to see nothing more than the […]

I am so proud of you Leena Alam and proud to have had the opportunity to work with you. This is a well-deserved recognition from the BBC, thank you for being a fierce voice for Afghan women and Afghan arts. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-59514598

I was privileged to have an opportunity to read some of the earliest drafts of the script that would eventually become the feature film SHEREEN while working at Tolo TV. From the first few pages, I knew it would be something special: A story about a single mother in Kabul, struggling to raise her two […]