Hello from sunny San Diego! The STF team is here leading a workshop for six talented photographers, storytellers, interviewers, and filmmakers to produce media for Foundation for Women’s (FFW) “I Challenge Life!” campaign.

Over the past couple of months, STF and FFW have worked together to determine how we, as media producers, can help raise awareness about their work in the U.S. to empower women through microcredit loans. After many emails, phone calls and time researching FFW’s online presence, we decided that in-depth personal stories of the loan recipients, who we’re calling “heroes”, would help the organization the most to achieve their campaign goals.

Which brings us here to San Diego, where we will start media production on Monday. Until then, we’ll be in the classroom learning how to capture the stories of these powerful women that are truly challenging life.

Stay tuned throughout the week for more updates on the workshop, campaign and production! You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and the hashtag #stfwksp.