Team Members - Nablus

Jack graduated from New York University in May with a degree in anthropology. Originally from Washington, DC, his interests include film, theater, journalism, foreign travel, and religious studies. He is excited to be back producing another film for Students of the World, and to be working with the fantastic people at Tomorrow’s Youth Organization.

Danny is a recipient of the 2008 Madalyn Lamont Award for Literature whose writings have appeared in the Global Security Institute's coverage of the United Nations 2008 First Committee on International Conflict and the Journal of Global Affairs. Danny is also a recipient of the 2009 International Bridges to Justice Fellowship where he will be documenting, through photography and written stories, the work of lawyers defending the rights of the accused in Brazil.

David is a senior at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He studies Film & TV production and has experience shooting documentary film, video, and photography content in Cuba, Israel, Turkey, India, the U.S. and elsewhere. He's very passionate about the potential of the film medium as a tool for community empowerment and social change. David is very excited to be a part of SOW and Tomorrow's Youth Organization to bring opportunity and educational resources to the children of Nablus.

Ilona is concentrating on the processes that lead to the emergence of urban slums and the crafting of policy necessary to eliminate them through an individually designed curriculum that incorporates urban studies, public policy, and history courses. Studying urban poverty, and those persons who are marginalized by it, she has spent time in different parts of the developing world, including China and Senegal. As a student in New York, she works with the dispossessed, particularly underserved kids, to find a voice in their communities. She hopes to continue Students of the World at NYU next year.

Annie is a Junior at New York University, designing her own major titled "Developmental Anthropology with a focus on Africa" as well as pursuing a minor in photography. Annie is a Martin Luther King Scholar and a Reynolds Scholar of social entrepreneurship. Annie is originally from Sacramento, California and is one of ten children. In the past three years, Annie has had the opportunity to travel to (and create photographic projects in) Nigeria, Ghana, Peru, Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Japan and Costa Rica. After graduation, she hopes to work in developing education in refugee camps. No matter where she ends up, Annie hopes to use photography for activism, linking photographic storytelling with real material change