Accomplishments

• Logo Design Awards
• Type Directors, 2004
• Print, 2004
• The Show (the local ad show) 2003
• How Design Annual, 2003
• San Diego Girl Film Festival Judges’ Award (2005)
• Minnesota Women’s Press Change Makers 2005
• KidsFirst Film Festival Best Student Film by a K-12 Student—What’s with the Hijab? (2005)
• LocoMotion: Judges Choice: Best PSA in film festival (2006)
• Save our History Grant from History Channel: For Greatest Girls partnership with MHS (2006)
• 2007 Silver Telly Award: What's with the Hijab?
• 2007 Bronze Telly Award: Siblings (or Why I wish I were An Only Child)

• Minnesota Center of Photography (1/2005)
• Walker Art Center Girls in the Director’s Chair (2005, 2006)
• Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival (10/2005)
• 3rd annual San Diego Girl Film Festival (10/2005)
• KIDS FIRST! Film and Video Festival (2005 Traveling Show)
• Twin Cities Youth Media Netork Screening (6/2006)
• Intermedia Arts –Youth Culture-Poetry and Video-immigration- (Hijab)
• Minnesota Historical Society-Somali youth screenings-public schools, MHS, etc.
• Twin Cities Youth Media Network Screening (11/2006)
• Walker Art Center Girls in the Director’s Chair (3/3/07)
• East Lansing Children’s Film Festival (2007)
• ReelHeART International Film Festival (2007)

• MIA: Art of Democracy Exhibit (11/2004)

• Air America Minnesota AM 950: “Women on the Move” (9/10/2005)
• FM107 The Cathy Hartnet show (11/24/05)
• Minnesota Public Radio: “All Things Considered” (12/9/2005)

• St. Paul Pioneer Press (5/19/2005)
• Women’s Business Minnesota (2/2005)
• Star Tribune (Sept. 23, 2004)
• Equality Report (Women’s Foundation of Minnesota 2004)
• Women’s Press (Vol. 21 NO. 20 Dec. 28 ‘05 – Jan. 10 ‘06)
• Star Tribune (May 4, 2006)
• Women’s Press (May 2006)
• Star Tribune (October 2006)
• Daughters – Success column (November/December 2006)
• MOAPPP Monitor (Winter 2006)

• TIES (St. Paul MN) 2002-2005
• Minnesota Historical Society- Somali skyline towers project (2004)
• Homegirls/Women in Construction- Duluth, MN 8/2005
• The White House Project-Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, St. Paul (2005, 2006)
• Asian Media Access- summer retreat program (2003)
• GirlsBEST, an initiative of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota (2003-2004)
• National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture: Invitational Discussion - Knowledge Network
• Amicus/Radius Workshop (St. Paul) November 2006
• TIES and Michigan area Girls Scouts 2006- Gender roles in Media—You matter!

• Power of Images- 3 part Live Internet video conference workshops with three schools (5/2003) TIES
• National Conference of Technology Teachers
• TVbyGIRLS: 21st Century Literacy and Media 11/2003) TIES
• TVbyGIRLS: Media and Cultural Roles (11/2004) TIES
• TVbyGIRLS- Media and Gender Roles- “Cafe’ presentation: (Mega-conference Jr.- live 12 hour internet video conference with children in 15 countries 5/2005) TIES
• TVbyGIRLS: Media, Gender Roles and Self Esteem MN Conference on Adolescent Females (8/2005) TIES
• TVbyGIRLS: Visual literacy and the classroom (11/2003) National Association of Arts Educators MCAD
• 3rd Annual Inspired Women’s Retreat, (11/2005)
• TIES Mega Conference Junior International Video Conference: Partnering with girls in Slovania (2006)
• EPIC Awards Presenters: Women leadership in Media presented to Geena Davis (2006)
• White House Project Debate Boot camp for Women Candidates (2006)
• White House Project Media and Messaging (2006)
• Keynote Speaker: Annual Minnesota Women’s Consortium (2006)
• Closing Keynote Speaker: AAUW State Conference (2006)
• Fem Film Conference 2006: College Student and Professor Workshops, lectures and Panel discussion
• Media Literacy Workshop: North Minneapolis YWCA (July 2006)
• AAUW Metro: Featured Speaker: Media Matters (November 6, 2006)
• TVbyGIRLS: Media as Revolution Presentation. National Educational and Technology Conference – TIES (Dec 2006)
• AAUW West Minneapolis and St. Paul: Featured Speaker: Media Matters (January 20, 2007, March 6, 2007)
• Gustavus Adolphus College: Media Influences on Adolescent Females (January 22, 2007)