Meet the Collective Impact Backbone Team

I am an Australian artist/educator who is the Special Advisor for Community Engagement and Professor in Photography at Columbia College Chicago. I have been involved in developing the teaching and research programs at the Australian National University, the Australian Centre for Photography, and Columbia College Chicago. I have taken part in artist residence programs, festivals, education forums, and exhibitions in Australia, China, Czech Republic, Singapore, New Zealand, and the USA. I hold a Master of Fine Arts Research at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales in Sydney. I volunteer as the Education Director of Eyes on Main Street Inc. 501 (c) 3 in Wilson, North Carolina, and have been involved with photography practice since 1989. I facilitate youth photography programs for the Diane Dammeyer Initiative.

Analy is a first-generation college student, attending Columbia College Chicago completing a B.F.A. in Photography with a concentration in Fashion/Commercial work. Analy is a transfer student from the College of DuPage where she completed her AAS in Photography. Analy's work focus on capturing and emphasizing the beauty in every person, challenging the normal ideals of what beauty is, and helping society learn to love themselves for who they are and how they look. In her work, she finds it very important to provide a wide range of cultural representation that isn't highlighted as much in the photography industry.