Our Partners

Techno Hub

Techno Hub is a program under Voices of Women Media that provides classes that teach a tech and social justice-focused curriculum to local high school girls in Kathmandu, Nepal.

We have collaborated with Techno Hub to create a series of video tutorials, which cover a range of subjects including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Graphic Design through Canva, Social Media Safety, and Photography.

Voices of Women Media

Voices of Women Media is an international organization that provides digital-storytelling tools to migrant women in order to share their perspectives with the world. The organization highlights the importance of participatory media and storytelling as ways towards connection and justice.

Project Overview

Project Need

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions, the TechnoHub program of Voices of Women Media had been put on pause for about a year. So the staff hoping us can create some tutorial video can help girls to re-learning or to remember what they learned before. Staffs also want us include topics that girls are interested in.

Our Solution

We plan to create an efficient and innovative tech curriculum that allows students to learn basic computer skills and different forms of media in a fun and engaging way. We recorded 8 tutorial videos, and keep them 5-10 minutes long, edit some of them with Nepalese subtitles.

Team Members

Amy Cruz (she/her)

Sociology, GISES; Psychology - 4th year

Amy is a transfer student from the Los Angeles area. She is currently working with former and current foster youth students in helping them transition from highschool to college and from group home to living on their own under programs like ILP. She also enjoys reading on different feminist movements happening around the world and discussing about issues in today's society. In her free time, she enjoys sitting at the beach, looking at the ocean with a nice Italian Sub and a cold Coca-Cola.

Andrea Lopez (she/her)

Community Psychology - 2nd Year

Andrea is originally from East Los Angeles. She currently works for the American Indian Resource Center, located here at UCSC. She enjoys creating art and working on arts and crafts. She is also interested in learning about various social issues such as societal foodwaste, womens rights, and Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). One day she hopes to work with famalies in need of immediate housing, food, and care.

Linxuan "Lily" Li (she/her)

Sociology, GISES- 3rd Year

Lily is really passionate about different social issues. But she especially interested in gender eqality, female rights, and education inequality. She loves to talk with other people about different social issues, and exchange different perspectives with other people. Her biggest hope is everyone, no matter what gender, can get equal chance of education.

Sereena Yeghiazarian (she/her)

Film and Digital Media - 4th year

Sereena has a curiosity for knowledge and wants to hear people's different perspectives, experiences, and stories. She believes that through active listening we can form genuine connections and create better understandings of oursleves and each other.

Our Project

Practicum Paper

Coming soon

Videos

Tutorial videos on Word, PowerPoint, Canva, Social Media Safety, and Photography

Lessons Learned

Hands

One of the main tech tools we learned and used was video editing. From pre production to post production, we implemented the necessary steps to create these tutorials. The main software we used was iMovie and Adobe Premiere Pro.

Heads

Our partnership with Voices of Women Media and Techno Hub gave us the opportunity to learn more about Nepal, its culture, and relevent social issues and dynamics.

Hearts

Our favorite part of working with VOW Media, Techno Hub, and each other was the relationships we built. We were able to connect with women from all over the world, learn from them, and become inspired through their passion.