Experience

Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Multimedia Producer

  • May 2023 - Present



Diversify Photo LLC

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Diversify Photo Program Manager

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Diversify Photo is a community of BIPOC and non-western photographers, editors, and visual producers working to break with the predominantly colonial and patriarchal eye through which history and the mass media has seen and recorded the images of our time. Our international online database is used by editors at major media outlets seeking to diversify their rosters of visual storytellers. We also create networking, exhibiting, speaking, community-building, and resource-sharing opportunities for our members. Show less



Alex Mousan

• Visual Storyteller

  • Dec 2016 - Present

  Alex M Sanchez (Alex Mousan) is a documentary photographer and filmmaker born and raised in Miami, Florida. Growing up with a diverse background (Nicaraguan, Panamanian and Middle Eastern heritage) gave her the skills to engage with people from all around the globe which makes her work unique and intimate. She speaks Spanish, French and is currently learning Arabic. She focuses most of her work on travel, nonprofit work and global humanitarian issues. She received her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida. Her work has been published in the Miami Herald, USA Today, Tampa Bay Times, St Augustine Record, and The Gainesville Sun. She has worked internationally as a freelance photojournalist and as a photography instructor in parts of Asia, the Caribbean, Central and North America. Most of her archival images are from the Middle East, Asia and Central America. Alex is a Program Manager for Diversify Photo, and a member of Authority Collective, The Video Consortium and Brown Girls Doc Mafia collectives. She is currently based in Durham, North Carolina, USA but available for assignments worldwide. Show less



UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Park Fellow

  • Aug 2021 - May 2023

  I am a recipient of a Park Fellowship in my last semester of the program. Four key values encapsulate what it means to be a Park fellow: Excellence: Our fellows enter with a record of achievement, and we prepare them to strive for and achieve greater success at Carolina and after graduation. Public impact: Our fellows are committed to making a public impact in their respective fields, as effective leaders, lifelong learners, competitive professionals and educators training the next generation of communication scholars and practitioners. Leadership: Our fellows demonstrate ambition and potential to lead in an array of academic and professional settings, and we foster leadership through the program culture and curriculum. Inclusion: Our program is committed to an inclusive community of scholars and practitioners that reflect diversity in all its forms. Show less



University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2022 - Feb 2023

  Incorporated my skills as a storyteller to inspire green undergraduate storytellers into the path of creating stories. Created my own lesson plans, course materials, graded class assignments. Teaching the basics of filmmaking HTML & CSS storytelling Design storytelling Incorporated my skills as a storyteller to inspire green undergraduate storytellers into the path of creating stories. Created my own lesson plans, course materials, graded class assignments. Teaching the basics of filmmaking HTML & CSS storytelling Design storytelling



Rustic Pathways

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Photography Instructor and Service Project Manager

  • May 2019 - Feb 2020

  I have worked internationally for NGOs, non profits and for profit companies as a photography instructor and peace builder in remote locations from Southeast Asia, Central and South America. I have worked internationally for NGOs, non profits and for profit companies as a photography instructor and peace builder in remote locations from Southeast Asia, Central and South America.



Liberty's Kitchen

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Recruitment Coordinator/ Photographer and Videographer Content Creator

  • Feb 2018 - Dec 2018

  I have worked as an employability and essential skills trainer for young people not connected to either school or work in New Orleans. I learned the ins and outs of social work and it has informed my journalism in more ways than one. I am a learner of restorative justice and I allow this to help inform my longform storytelling practice. I have worked as an employability and essential skills trainer for young people not connected to either school or work in New Orleans. I learned the ins and outs of social work and it has informed my journalism in more ways than one. I am a learner of restorative justice and I allow this to help inform my longform storytelling practice.



Rustic Pathways

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Photographer and Guide

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Taught ethical travel, photographing people from other countries and how to utilize your privilege as a Western traveler to understand the power we hold. Taught ethical travel, photographing people from other countries and how to utilize your privilege as a Western traveler to understand the power we hold.



Rakontur

• Miami Beach

• Video Editor and Logger

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2016



WUFT-FM

• Région de Gainesville, Floride, États-Unis

• Reporter/ Photographer/Videographer

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014



St. Augustine Record

• St. Augustine Florida

• Photojournalist and Videojournalist

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014



The Gainesville Sun

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Photojournalist and Videojournalist

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013



Gainesville Fashion Week

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Photographer

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2013



Miami Herald

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Photojournalist and Videojournalist

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012



The Independent Florida Alligator

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Photographer and Writer

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2012