I first knew I wanted to be an editor when I entered the ACE Student Editing Competition and was given my footage from Gunsmoke and assigned a Steenbeck in the basement of Annenberg Hall at Temple University. When I looked up and saw that it was 3 am, I knew I was hooked- this is it-this is what I need to do.

My favorite aspect of media production and editing is immersing myself in the story and then helping the production team to share that story with others. Whether it’s John Wooden talking about his role as a teacher as well as a basketball coach, or Herbert Boyer discussing the challenges of mapping the human genome, or Patsy Mink describing the challenges of being one of the first women to serve in Congress, the value of the human element can never be overstated.