Shana Marie Gilbert

Shana Gilbert specializes in starting things and storytelling. She has a wide range of teaching interests in film, global justice, and literature – winning awards such as Walmart Teacher of the Year in 2000. She is an award-winning producer/director of several feature films in distribution, including her work in Africa with her social justice documentary Mzungu. Shane first traveled to Uganda in 2005 directing a documentary when she met a family of street kids who changed her life forever. That’s when she met Jesca and when life went from regular to extraordinary. Shane’s two favorite jobs in life are being Jesca’s mom and pointing young people toward an extraordinary life!