As an educational media producer, my goal is for our team to create content for youth-based industries to learn more about the breadth of global cultures and issues that are underrepresented in pre-school and school age content.
Why? Because I have profound conviction that the stories we tell our kids will significantly impact the ways in which they show up for each other as conscious human beings, ten, twenty, fifty years from now, irrespective of their backgrounds.
If you’re reading this, then there is likely an idealist inside you like in me, who sees the potential for greater peace and understanding among people who are seemingly different from us, but who all share common truths that can together create thriving societies across the world.
I bring to this social enterprise 15 years of experience in international development, communications, and digital learning, informed by graduate research on media representation, a post-graduate in children’s media, a fellowship in children’s literature from The Highlights Foundation, and a fellowship in educational technology from eLab by Columbia University. I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre and a Professor of Children’s Literature.
Birdwings is not an aspiring viral content studio, but rather, a community for diverse thinkers. In my mission to expand the way we think about media representation, I hope that you will not only join me, but also challenge me to continuously strive for more inclusive content as my journey unfolds.
Welcome and Khushamdeed,
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