Rachael Cerrotti
Museum Curator at The Florida Holocaust Museum- Claim this Profile
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Judita Matyasova
Rachael has a very rare combination of skills. She is extremely sensitive and emphatic not only as a photographer but also as an author of interviews with survivors of WWII. Rachael is author of an extraordinary project about her grandmother Hana Dubova, who survived the war in Denmark. She collected an enormous amount of historical materials and testimonies. I highly admire also her other project about widows in the USA. She created a collection of interviews and portraits of widows. If you are searching for a professional photographer with a high level of empathy than Rachel is exactly the right choice for you!
Judita Matyasova
Rachael has a very rare combination of skills. She is extremely sensitive and emphatic not only as a photographer but also as an author of interviews with survivors of WWII. Rachael is author of an extraordinary project about her grandmother Hana Dubova, who survived the war in Denmark. She collected an enormous amount of historical materials and testimonies. I highly admire also her other project about widows in the USA. She created a collection of interviews and portraits of widows. If you are searching for a professional photographer with a high level of empathy than Rachel is exactly the right choice for you!
Judita Matyasova
Rachael has a very rare combination of skills. She is extremely sensitive and emphatic not only as a photographer but also as an author of interviews with survivors of WWII. Rachael is author of an extraordinary project about her grandmother Hana Dubova, who survived the war in Denmark. She collected an enormous amount of historical materials and testimonies. I highly admire also her other project about widows in the USA. She created a collection of interviews and portraits of widows. If you are searching for a professional photographer with a high level of empathy than Rachel is exactly the right choice for you!
Judita Matyasova
Rachael has a very rare combination of skills. She is extremely sensitive and emphatic not only as a photographer but also as an author of interviews with survivors of WWII. Rachael is author of an extraordinary project about her grandmother Hana Dubova, who survived the war in Denmark. She collected an enormous amount of historical materials and testimonies. I highly admire also her other project about widows in the USA. She created a collection of interviews and portraits of widows. If you are searching for a professional photographer with a high level of empathy than Rachel is exactly the right choice for you!
Experience
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The Florida Holocaust Museum
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Museum Curator
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Jan 2023 - Present
Rachael is currently adapting her award-winning podcast and memoir, We Share The Same Sky, as a traveling museum exhibit. The exhibit will open in fall 2023 at The Florida Holocaust Museum and then travel from there. Rachael is currently adapting her award-winning podcast and memoir, We Share The Same Sky, as a traveling museum exhibit. The exhibit will open in fall 2023 at The Florida Holocaust Museum and then travel from there.
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SoulShop
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Media Production
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1 - 100 Employee
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Podcast Writer & Story Editor
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Jan 2023 - Present
Writing a narrative podcast about the perseverance of faith after an experience with a corrupt faith leader. Writing a narrative podcast about the perseverance of faith after an experience with a corrupt faith leader.
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USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Inaugural Storyteller in Residence
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Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
Produces and co-hosts The Memory Generation podcast with executive director Stephen D. Smith. The show digs into the Institute's Visual History Archive that houses over 55,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocides and asks the question: what does it mean to inherit memory?
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Creative Producer
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Feb 2020 - Dec 2020
Producing various projects using visual storytelling, audio storytelling, and the written word to tell stories inspired by and based on the 55,000 survivor and witness testimonies in USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive.
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USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Podcast Producer/Host
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Jan 2019 - Nov 2019
Rachael produced and hosted the award-winning narrative podcast, We Share The Same Sky. The show has been downloaded more than a quarter million times in over 165 countries/territories. It was the first podcast presented by USC Shoah Foundation as well as the first-ever podcast to be based on a Holocaust survivor's testimony. The show was listed as one of the best podcasts of the year by HuffPost, a Reader’s Pick by Vulture Magazine and as a “Show We Love” by Apple Podcasts. Rachael worked with the educational teams behind IWitness and Echoes & Reflections to develop companion classroom resources so that the podcast can be used by educators around the world.
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Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA
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United States
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Recreational Facilities
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1 - 100 Employee
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Documentary Photographer
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Sep 2013 - Aug 2014
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Trip Leader
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Jun 2013 - Aug 2014
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GateHouse Media New England
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Newspaper Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Photojournalist
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Oct 2011 - Jun 2014
Covered events as a photojournalist in the Greater Boston Area. Covered events as a photojournalist in the Greater Boston Area.
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Development & Media Coordinator
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Jun 2012 - Jun 2013
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Flash 90
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Israel
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Photojournalism Intern
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2009 - 2010
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Education
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2009 - 2010
Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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2007 - 2011
Temple University
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Communications -
2003 - 2007
Brookline High School
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2007 - 2011
Temple University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication and Media Studies -
2007 - 2011
Temple University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication and Media Studies
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