Welcome everyone! On behalf of me, I want to thank you for stopping by.
A little bit about me. I’m a professional video editor and producer with over 23 years of experience. It all started in 1997 in my Marketing 201 class. We had to be creative to present our final projects. So I thought, "Why don't I make a video!" Yes in 2021, it's not creative, inventive or new - but in 1997, groundbreaking! No one made videos. So after a bunch of slides and the most innovative uses of the overhead projector, it was my turn.
Mind blown.
Everyone was talking about how Lisa Vohra made "a video." That's the kind of stuff people only saw in Hollywood. I ended up with a B (and only because I got extra points for my 'original' presentation). It was fun being the only one doing this but eventually the rest of the world followed in my footsteps.
But lucky for me, I discovered my calling before it became mainstream (phew!), producing videos and documentaries as a freelancer for several years before landing a job with the Voice of America 18 years ago.
My start: When I was an intern there in 2005, a friend told me that my goal should be to make myself indispensable. So, everyday I went to work with that attitude. After making the world’s best coffee, I never just sat and waited for someone to tell me what to do.
During my second month interning there, I was in a meeting about a new contract we may get with a TV station in Indonesia. English television was given the task to do a, ‘Day in the life,’ pilot. Everyone had ideas, but as an intern your job was just to sit there, take notes (and just hope that you didn’t put too much splenda in anyone’s coffee!) But I had a vision so I spoke up and 20 minutes after I spoke about my ideas, my boss made me the project manager of this pilot and I was given the opportunity to showcase my vision.
Since then I’ve worn just about every hat. Video editor, producer, reporter, disrupter, line producer and producing social media videos, to name a few. When I took a two-year hiatus working, I also managed to make a documentary about the first year of parenting which you can on my films webpage: momosophy101.com/
It's been a great journey and I hope you enjoy some of the highlights.
Speaking during a panel discussion for a Women In Technology event in the D.C area about film and media | Nov, 2021.
https://www.womenintechnology.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=599
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