The Way Things Are Going

So this is a slightly older photo of me, SKL (I'm much better looking now if you can imagine that!) I am using it here because my friend who took the picture, Beth told me that it looks like a good, like, author photo. The hat says young, sun-savvy adventurer and the sunglasses say mysterious woman-on-the-lamb. Both images I want to consistently portray while trying to get people to pay attention to (and pay for) my work.

Ok, if you prefer an official bio:

Sara Kaye Larson is an award-winning writer, filmmaker and educator. Her work focuses on (mostly) domestic travel, the American experience, and old fashioned storytelling exploring the curious corners and marginalized populations of the United States.

A student of the Media Arts program at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, Sara’s graduate work focused on independent and alternative film and media distribution. Her interviewing and research skills landed her production positions on a variety of critically acclaimed documentary projects on subjects rangingfrom international political leaders to the boxers of Detroit’s famous fighting Mecca, Kronk’s Gym. 

Sara's autobiographical documentary about being a young adult cancer survivor, “GoingNodal : The Hodge Experience” won first place in the documentary category at the Nextframe Film Festival and was part of the Kodak Emerging Filmmakers Program at the 2005 Cannes International Film Festival.

She is a longtime blogger and the creator of multiple web projects: Vista VideoChannel on Vimeo, Left At TheThrift Store, The Biggest Butte, The Office Sign Project, as well as several sites exploring meteorological trends in the many places she has lived (80andsunny.blogspot.com and spittinfromthemitten.blogspot.com).

In addition to teaching at-risk youth as part of the WriteGirl program in Los Angeles,Sara has taught writing, video production, and analog and digital storytellingclasses at Wayne State University, the Detroit Film Center,Echo Park Film Center,Henry Ford Community College, and for the East Arkansas Community College program at the Federal Correctional Compound in Forrest City Arkansas.

She is currently Program Director at Save the Children, based out of Memphis and serving the Mississippi Delta area.