The Team

Adriana Teresa Letorney

Founder + CEO
Entrepreneur, Publisher & Journalist
● Co-Founder of Scout Film Festival
● NYTimes Contributing Writer
● Huffington Post Columnist

Graham Letorney

Co-Founder + Technical lead
Entrepreneur, Designer & Engineer
● Shutterstock
● NPR, Guest Contributor
● Magnum Photos

Rachel Abady

Producer + Growth Expert
● Founder of Manna APP
● New York Times
● Vox Media
● HuffPost

Maya Valentine

Community Building, Intern
Multimedia Journalist and Photo Editor
● Columbia Missourian
● Associated Press
● Sick Cells Foundation
● KOMU 8 News-NBC

Rebecca Gaal

Strategy + Partnerships, Project Manager 
Social Innovation Specialist & Photographer
● Fujifilm X Photographer
● Creative Director MAHERY
● Seva Foundation
● Tandem Still and Motion Contributor
● Planetary Health Alliance

Ioana Friedman

UI/UX Designer + Podcast Producer
Executive Producer + Design Director
● Founder of The Daring
● Estée Lauder Companies
● e.l.f. Cosmetics
● Magnum Photos

Stuart Tibaweswa

Community Support, East Africa
● UPPA's Young Photographer Award, 2017
● Nation Broadcasting Services (NBS)
● African Photojournalism Database
● Cannon International Workshops

A.J. Chavar

Creative Producer
Visual Journalist
● Apple News
● Vox
● The Washington Post
● New York Times
● Recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award

Shuran Huang

Contributor
Journalist and Photographer
● NPR
● The New York Times
● The Washington Post Magazine
● Buffallo News
Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

— Jorge Luis Borges