I study Media and Communication and I’m minoring in Africana Studies. I approach issues or potential topics by thinking about the many stories that can and haven been told and how I could offer a new or nuanced perspective. I approach issues/topics/potential stories by doing research and using what I and to help compose the layers of whatever story I’m focusing on. I see the world as nuanced and if we study and highlight the nuances we see then we are able to understand ourselves a little more. I’m interested in exploring character (person, place, etc) driven stories that deal with identity or social justice, for example. If I were to tell a story about a place in the Lehigh Valley it would explore the Center City Thrift Shop in Allentown because it is seen by many to just be a thrift store, when in fact the store’s initiatives supports the only community wireless (wifi) network in the Lehigh Valley.
