Passionate Professionals - Queens World Film Festival

MEET OUR PASSIONATE PROFESSIONALS!

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Please enjoy this gallery of Passionate Professionals who give their time and expertise to Emerging Creatives.

Amy Allure

Gallery Owner: Allure Art Studio

Venessa Diaz

Writer/Performer: Organic Sofrito, Recipes for Disaster

Dr. Sheela Maru

Health Activist, Health Researcher and Physician

NAMEL NORRIS

Founding member of 4 Wheel City; RAMP’D

Marija Sajkas

Founder of 4Better Media, Journalist, Activist

Susy Chu

Learning and Development Manager at The Trade Desk

Audrey Seybert

Director/Segment Marketing at CAIS

ANITA MATEY

Buyer & Author; Assistant Buyer at Macy’s

FAY SAMARAS

Film & Television Studio Operations at Kaufman Astoria Studios

NEHA LOHIA

Filmmaker | Director

LUCHIA DRAGOSH

Supervising Producer at QPTV , Documentary Producer/Director

ALEXANDREA HAWKINS

New York Rugby Club Women’s Team

VERA YUAN

Partner, Executive Director at Karlssonwilker

DORA NAUGHTON

Director of First Impressions Citrin Cooperman

SUSAN KIM

Writers Guild of America East, ASCAP

J. ANTHONY ROMAN

Writer/Director/Assistant, Sikelia Productions/No Matinees Enterprises

CAOIMHE O’SULLIVAN ROCHE

Scenic Drafter, Scenic Corp

CAROLINA VALENCIA

Director of Partnerships and Communications, Epicenter-NYC

VESNA CREMONA

Founder & CEO, AMER_ICAN

KATHA CATO

Executive Director, Queens World Film Festival / ChipAway Productions

ASHLEY RICHARDSON-GEORGE

Chief of Content at Circus Maximus

MARY THERESA ARCHBOLD

Program Manager – Theatre for All

GREGORY HERNANDEZ

Founder & CEO of Green Canvas Productions

MATTHEW BLACKBURN

Technical Program Manager, NBA

DAVID RAMPERSAD JR.

King David at King David Fine Art LLC

CLARA FRANCESCA

Co-Founder of XREnsemble

ANNE WICHMANN

Musician / Performance Artist / Curator at She’s Excited, Inc.

STEPHANIE CHORIATIS

Nonfiction Producer and Media Educator

ANITA RASWANT

Film Programmer

ROBERT GALINSKY

Founder of Galinsky Coaching

JEAN SCHWARZWALDER (SUZY HOTROD)

Photographer at Department of Environmental Protection

SPYRO POULOS

Business Development Director at Journey

SAMIA HARB (FATOOSH BAG)

7th Grade Science Teacher at Ascend Middle School

DR. KAMBIZ SHEKDAR

CEO at Secondcell Bio

CASEY ZENNER

Filmmaker/Videographer

JARIKA JOHNSON

Filmmaker

DON PRESTON CATO

Artistic Director for Queens World Film Festival / chipAway Productions

HILDA FLORES

Task Force Director of Sales at Courtyard by Marriott Long Island City/Manhattan View

PAMELA COLLINS

Lifestyle & Wellness GURU at Noble Savage

MANDESIA

Alternative Learning Social Impact Coordinator at National Black Theatre