I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Marie Gardiner for her series on profiling international female photographers.  Marie herself is an accomplished photographer and contributor at SRB Blog, so as you can imagine I was overjoyed to be considered one of her chosen subjects.  In this interview I touch on my beginnings of photography, how I mentally and physically prepare for my international expeditions, as well as how I foster connections with my subjects so that I can capture authentic portraits of my subjects. You can read the interview in its entirety HERE.     Here is an excerpt of the interview where I share the inspiration behind my travel, documentary and humanitarian photographic endeavors.