Ep10: Education is the Door to Opportunity: Educator Turned Full-Time Filmmaker featuring Abby McPherson

She's in Focus

Welcome to another episode of "She's in Focus", a podcast dedicated to inspiring and empowering #femalefilmmakers​​​​​ and #femalevideographers from all walks of life and on every step of their creative journey.

In this episode Kel sits down with Abby McPherson - an educator, photographer, videographer, and editor who is living in Dubai, where she has been a Physical Education Teacher for the past 3 years. Education has been the vehicle for many of the opportunities she has had the privilege of experiencing and helped her along on her filmmaking journey. She's now ready to take the leap and become a full-time filmmaker!

In this episode they discuss:
- Abby's decision to move abroad to Dubai
- The transition from the US to Dubai
- Abby's job at an international school in Dubai, how she got it and how it's going
- Abby's next steps: becoming a full-time filmmaker
- How he pandemic affected Abby's job
- Using filmmaking to build digital resources for virtual learning
- Abby's start in video and joining the full-time filmmaker course
- The pressures of going full-time as a filmmaker/video creator
- Leveling up as a filmmaker, mastering and practicing filmmaking skills with FTF
- Valuing yourself as a filmmaker/business owner
- Abby's production company: the founding, evolution and goals
- Pricing structure of a media company and building your portfolio
- The journey of discovering Abby's filmmaking niche
- Defining process in business
- Building a personal brand/documenting your journey while still running a business
- Being a woman in the male-dominated space of sports, phys ed, and filmmaking
- Where you can find Abby and how you can support her as a filmmaker

CONNECT w/ ABBY
✩ website: https://www.abbyteachingafar.com/
✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbyteachingafar/
✩ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAwNVLdbhqRjiFyijCE1NRw

CONNECT w/ KEL
✩ instagram: @therealkelgrant
✩ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kelgrantnj
✩ business/collaboration/sponsorship inquiries: [e-mail]

If you or someone you know is a #femalefilmmaker​​ or #femalevideographer and would like to be a featured guest on the podcast, send an email to the address above :)

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