Thank You Italy, For Giving Me Mama’s Boys

by | May 9, 2015 | Blog

You really have not heard the word “mama” until you’ve heard it come out of an Italian’s mouth. Better still, from the mouths of your own Italian children. “MA-MAA!” Each syllable is drawn out, flush full of adoration which can only be pronounced and...

4 Ways Comedy Improv Can Make Life Easier: Lessons Learned

by | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog

I have funny friends. Not just funny peculiar, but also ha-ha funny. Yesterday my arguably funniest friend, Rome’s Comedy Club founder Marsha De Salvatore stopped by The American University of Rome where I work to give a Lunch and Learn Workshop for my Media,...

Make an Impact With Monkeys on Your Back?

by | Sep 6, 2014 | Blog

No less than five minutes ago I sent off the email below to an amazing man who has been in touch with me the last few months via my do-gooder website Aura’s House to try and collaborate on helping hundreds, possibly thousands of girls in Uganda receive better...

This Too Shall Pass (2014)

by | Jul 8, 2014 | Featured Work

Watch Online Now 3 Min. 55 Sec. HD.Is it possible to be simultaneously ecstatic and miserable? Will this moment ever end? How I wish it would last forever. This Too Shall Pass is an animated short that takes an honest look at the extreme highs and lows of parenting...