I was late to the game of discovering the work of activist, writer, educator, and publisher Jen Angel. I first saw her speak in 2008 at Bluestocking Bookstore in New York City's Lower East Side, touting her then-newly released booklet Becoming the Media: A Critical History Of Clamor Magazine. The paperback memoir reads as a how-to and why-to for aspiring independent publishers, based on Jen's experiences founding, editing, and managing the now out-of-print Clamour Magazine.

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Submitted by Kristen Bean. As a child, I often sat at the dinner table and listened to my mother, a special education teacher, talk excitedly about how her students overcame unfathomable barriers. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, my mother’s stories of challenging her students to overcome difficulties shaped my ambitions to become an advocate and develop a nonprofit organization for people with disabilities. Both my mother and I firmly believe that everyone can learn.

For just about as long as I have known Meghan Shea and Michael Rogers, I’ve been following their worldwide travels and simultaneously trying not become enraged with travel jealousy. This is especially difficult when I hear they are in some exotic, far off location, while I am (seemingly) locked into my 9-to-5 existence to support myself, leaving me filled with wonderment about how they make it all happen and still make a living. The answer is that they made their work encompass this element of travel, all in the pursuance of a career path they love as documentary filmmakers.