Of the Lehigh Valley stories proposed, I think those that I resonate most with are the environmental/wildlife related ones. Saving the Shad, Many Beliefs and What the frack is going on, are all stories relating to the Delaware River, which is something that connects the entire LV community. I have always been an advocate for the environment so the thought of participating in creating a documentary about these topics excites me. When I think of documentary making, I ideally would make it about something that I am passionate about.
Another one of my passions is animal and animal welfare. I am the president of the Promotion of Animal Welfare(PAW) club here at Lafayette and am involved in animal advocacy. Because of this I would also love to work on Bad to the Bone. I have had many experiences working in Animal Shelters in the Lehigh valley, both good and bad and would be interested in delving deeper into this topic. I think it would also be interested to compare different shelters in the different regions (Easton vs Allentown)
A documentary on animal shelters could be really cool! I don’t know a lot about them, but my best friend is a vet tech who has worked in many animal shelters, vets, and wildlife rehabilitation centers throughout the valley and similarly had both good and bad experiences. Overall, it could be a really informative documentary because there is so much the general public doesn’t know about animal shelters. Perhaps people would be shocked by some of the practices, necessary and unnecessary, these places take up.