A Promise of ZERO

My last post outlined the UNICEF ZERO program which is focused on eliminating all preventable deaths amongst children across the globe.  While significant progress has been made, reducing the number of preventable deaths each day from 35,000 in 1990 to 17,000 in 2012, there is much work still to do.  You may be asking, what …

Believe in ZERO

After spending time in Ethiopia and Namibia my eyes have been opened to the broad divide that separates the peoples of the world.  The 80% of the world that lives on less than $10 a day illustrates this.  As I looked for some way to make a meaningful contribution to help close this gap, I …

It’s only a game?

This weekend was a sports extravaganza, my family and I travelled to Seattle on Saturday to watch the Oregon Ducks play the Washington Huskies at Football, followed by a hasty drive back down to Portland on Sunday to watch the Portland Timbers play the Seattle Sounders at soccer.  A big Oregon vs Washington rivalry weekend! …

Blood + Water

With the help of my wonderful mentor, Laura Valenti-Jelen I have completed a portfolio of work I am very proud of.  This body of work below is taken from my trip to Namibia in May this year and started with over 6,000 raw images that were edited down to just over 400 good images and …