PhotovoiceWorldwide Team
PhotovoiceWorldwide Team
Co-founder, Educator
Laura was introduced to photovoice in 2000 while exploring arts-based approaches to youth programming and civic engagement for an MEd in Instructional Design. A year later, she designed a photovoice civic engagement project for teenage girls, which led to projects with such diverse participants as South African youth, adults with traumatic brain injury, and individuals living with anxiety disorder.
Since 2008, Laura has led photovoice trainings for medical schools, professional societies, community funding organizations, and government agencies, and offered photovoice professional development courses for clinicians, researchers, educators, students, and managers. In 2018, she launched PhotovoiceWorldwide’s “Talking with Pictures: photovoice” course through the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Outreach College and Center on Disability Studies. Laura has a PhD in Social Policy from Brandeis University and an MEd from UMass Boston. She holds a BA in English Literature from Bowdoin College.
Educator, Project Manager
A photographer and educator based in Italy, Erica graduated from the Italian Institute of Photography and specialized in semiotics at CFP Bauer, a vocational school in Milan. Working across nations to implement participatory photography projects, she is a member of Voce, a collective dedicated to participatory art actions. Her past work has focused on communities, migration, trauma, and current issues.
At PhotovoiceWorldwide, Erica combines her role as a project manager with that of an instructor for our Creative Facilitation course, where she shares her expertise in arts-based techniques. Involved in a number of projects, she likes to be able to diversify her work.
Erica has traveled and lived in different countries in Europe and Asia, and especially enjoyed her life in Thailand and Canada. She is passionate about film photography, cinema, dancing, and hula hooping.
Currently pursuing a degree in psychology while getting certified as an art therapist, Erica specializes in photo and video therapy.
Bookkeeper
Julie joined PhotovoiceWorldwide 2021. After spending several years raising her two children, Julie returned to the workforce and to her love of working with numbers. She provides bookkeeping and data analysis services for the team.
In addition to her role at PhotovoiceWorldwide, Julie also manages the operations of a private behavioral health practice. She finds great fulfillment in helping others in need. Julie holds a bachelor of science in Mathematics. To provide some balance to her time spent on spreadsheets, she also holds certifications in teaching yoga and meditation. Outside of work, Julie enjoys practicing yoga, running, reading, and baking.
Project Coordinator
Lee Anne holds a B.S. in psychology with a double minor in communications and American Sign Language. She loves learning about new photography techniques and conducting qualitative research to create a more accessible, inclusive and equitable world, specifically for those with disabilities in higher education and in the workforce.
In addition to working with PhotovoiceWorldwide, Lee Anne is the coordinator disability outreach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Career Center. She is in her 2nd year in the M.A. psychology program at UNC Charlotte, with the eventual goal of earning her PhD and working for a university or nonprofit. In her spare time, Lee Anne enjoys hiking, reading, traveling, and photography.
Evaluator, Educator
Stephanie Lloyd brings more than a decade of experience in the non-profit, academic, and social impact sectors. She has dedicated her career to advancing social justice through research, evaluation, and service by supporting programs and organizations that address inequalities and provide a voice to individuals. Throughout her career, she has implemented and evaluated numerous programs, engaged youth in service and leadership development, and supported teams in using data to inform strategy.
Stephanie holds a Master of Education in Applied Sociology from the University of Massachusetts Boston. As an AmeriCorps alumna, she believes in the power of social good to uplift communities. Her areas of expertise include program evaluation, survey methodology, Photovoice, data visualization, and youth development. Outside of working and volunteering, Stephanie enjoys photography, travel, and sports. She has been collaborating and teaching with PhotovoiceWorldwide since 2018.
Content Editor, Proofreader
Diana joined the PhotovoiceWorldwide team in 2020 as a content editor and proofreader. Involved in writing for and editing print publications since childhood, she has made wordsmithing her professional career for more than 20 years. In addition, she spent 10 years as the senior speechwriter for the president of a small, liberal arts university in New England.
Educated at Cornell University, Diana holds a bachelor of arts in English, and her passion for words manifests in epic games of Scrabble with family and friends. When not knitting, she serves as President of the Board of the independent nonprofit The Veterans’ Place, Inc., which provides transitional housing and programs for homeless Veterans. The mother of four grown children, Diana lives in Central Vermont with her husband of 41 years, their Karelian Bear Dog Luna, and a Virgin Island rescue mutt named St. Thomas.
Graphic Designer
Ania is a freelance visual designer, working primarily with social impact organizations. Her desire to create a more sustainable and just world, has lead her to work with organizations such as WFTO, The Luminos Fund, Enova, HUG, amongst others. She tends to be drawn to projects related to climate change, education equality & immigration.
She is a yoga teacher and practitioner, and has co-founded Akna Collective, an organization focused on empowerment through sustainability, community, breathwork & trauma-sensitive practices.
Also an avid gardener, Ania spends a lot of her time working with soil, learning about the land, observing her environment- when she is not traveling internationally.
Ania holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Visual Design, from Temmple University, and is in the midst of her Master of Design from LABASAD School of Art & Design, in Barcelona.
Business Development Lead
Diana Nazareth is a participatory photography program designer and facilitator, certified therapeutic photography practitioner and founder of Project Kids & Cameras. Her programs and workshops are informed by an extensive study of key progressive methods such a PhotoVoice, Literacy Through Photography, and Visual Thinking Strategies and she has facilitated participatory and project-based photography workshops to over a thousand participants in schools, community art centers, libraries and through community-engagement initiatives both in-person and online. She received her B.A. in Communications/Photojournalism from Temple University, her Teaching Artist Certification from The University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and her certification in Therapeutic Photography for Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. She recently became part of the Photovoice Worldwide team as Business Development Lead, Educator.