Her bio begins like this…”Ibby Caputo is an award-winning journalist based in the United Kingdom. She has reported on U.S. prisoners in Iran for the public radio show The World, on executions in Arkansas for Slate and on the gender pay gap for NPR and Boston Globe Magazine…”

A connection I made during my time at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, prompted a cold call email to Ibby in April of 2023. The experience of collaborating with her over the past 17 months has been transformative for me as a storyteller and person. I’ve become convinced about a lot things over these months, but one thing is for sure, no creative work happens without collaboration. If you want to make something, find someone to join you. Thank you, Ibby, for nurturing the vision I have carried for more than 18 years with this material. Thanks for helping me find the story in it. So grateful.