Susan “Suzie” Ahn is a Lead Program Specialist (Team Lead) of the National School Lunch andSummer Food Service Programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and NutritionService. She has been based at the agency’s Western Regional Office in San Francisco since 2014. She is a member of the Emerson Read more…
Payal Kumar Avellan, Class of 1999, has taken many paths in her career. The first one was in broadcasting, then in nonprofit communication, along with a non-successful run at city government, which is a feat of its own. Even though Payal was one of the few AAPI women in my Read more…
Sarah Randall Hunt (Class of 2006) is an award-winning actress and producer based in Los Angeles. She was interested in studying opera before realizing her passion for acting and pursuing her BFA in Musical Theater from Emerson. Upon graduation, Hunt moved to New York to participate in Off-Broadway theater, national Read more…
Through nearly a decade of work in the San Francisco and Los Angeles education communities, Shernice Lazare has made an indelible impact on the lives of countless teachers and students. The recipient of a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from Emerson College and two Master’s degrees from UCLA and Read more…
Since graduating from Emerson College in 1997, award-winning broadcast journalist Tina McDuffie has contributed considerably to television and radio reporting in New England. After freelancing as a news writer and reporter, McDuffie joined WFSB TV in Hartford, Connecticut, where she worked for six years. Beginning in 2015, she contributed to Read more…
Julia Torres Barden (aka, Julie Hinden, 1982): Author, Journalist, Spokesperson & Advocate In the 40 years since Julia graduated she’s been a company spokesperson in the cable television industry and an award-winning journalist. Most recently, Julia has penned her memoir as a survivor of childhood trauma and delivered a related Read more…
Josie Bray, 2001 B.A., 2003 M.A. Bio: Josie Bray is a director/choreographer, producer, and teacher. Josie is a two-time winner of the IRNE award for Best Choreography of a Musical. She was the Co-Artistic Director of the Animus Ensemble, a Boston-based theatre company, for five years and also served as Read more…