We're a collective of creatives and strategists who believe that doing the best work requires leading with empathy—not in spite of our strength, but because of it.
Leader, storyteller, strategist, connector, Champion of Humanity.
Tamara Knox
She / Her | Director of Ethics and Social Responsibility
Agency
Determined
ACSW, emotional support lead, ethics and messaging evaluator, educator, author, photographer. Brings self care and support.
Salgu Wissmath
They/Them | Director and Creative Operations Lead
Intentional
Visionary
Film director, visual storyteller, creative content creator. Brings high intelligence and compassion.
Greg Stidham
He/Him | Cinematographer
Conscientious
Kind
Technical lead, audio, video production and FAA certified drone pilot. Brings the calm.
Yami Reyes-Lima
She/Her | Editor
Joyful
Kind
Editing, producing, film directing, strategist. Brings the sunshine.
Kay Lipp
She/Her | Film Director & Storytelling Trainer
Visionary
Determined
Director of documentary film, animation, and illustration formats. Cinematographer, editor, public speaker/trainer on storytelling ethics.
Dorsey Griffith
She/Her | Senior Writer
Confident
Conscientious
Writer, editor, researcher, interviewer, consultant, team player.
Dylan Wilson
He/Him | Executive Assistant
Creative
Connective
Executive and production support, systems wizard, junior editor. Brings coffee and joy.
J. Kat Woronowicz Johnson
Still Photographer
Competent
Confident
Photographer, photo editor. Fly on the wall. Puts you at ease so you can let go and be yourself.
Ethical Framework
Consent
We seek enthusiastic consent with our story participants and evaluate trauma survivors for readiness and proper support before asking them to appear on camera.
Collaboration
We involve participants in the process of telling their own story through radical transparency and consistent approval processes.
Celebration
We celebrate the successes of our participants ensuring that they feel seen, valued, and proud of the story they share.
Healing-Centered Storytelling
We focus on strengths and assets over trauma and deficits. We provide emotional support and before, during and after our productions.
Responsibility
We analyze our stories and language for socially responsible messages.
Self Care
We support self care as central to well being, for ourselves, our clients and our story participants.
Ethics as compass,
not constraint
Tamara Knox ACSW serves as our Director of Ethics and Social Responsibility in Media and a vital resource for team self-care.
Her guidance ensures that our work doesn't just look good—it does good, considering the impact on storytelling participants and communities.
Determined
Ethics as compass,
not constraint
Her guidance ensures that our work doesn't just look good—it does good, considering the impact on storytelling participants and communities.
