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​Brazilian-American writer, multimedia artist, and cultural strategist Carolina Pfister has shaped narrative across television, the arts, and youth-serving nonprofits in both Brazil and the U.S. She received the Emerging Latina Filmmakers Award from Women in Film, had formative experiences playing music, was a recent mentee in AWP’s Writer to Writer program, and is currently editing her nonfiction debut. Originally from Brazil, she now lives in a forest in the Pacific Northwest. She had not known dark winters like these.​
 

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A escritora, artista multimídia e estrategista cultural Carolina Pfister moldou narrativas em televisão, nas artes e ONGs voltadas para jovens, tanto no Brasil quanto nos EUA. Recebeu o prêmio Emerging Latina Filmmakers Award da Women in Film, teve experiências formativas em música, recentemente foi parte do programa Writer to Writer da AWP, e atualmente está editando seu primeiro livro de não ficção. Hoje Carolina vive em uma floresta na costa oeste does EUA. Ela não conhecia invernos tão cinzas.

WRITER/ARTIST selects
 

Essays:

Residencies, Awards & Creative Work:

  • Artist Residency Hypatia-in-the-Woods

  • Mentee with Writer to Writer AWP’s Mentorship Program 

  • Artist Residency Caldera Community

  • Artist Talk ScaleHouse Voices

  • Third Coast International Audio Festival & Conference Cohor

  •  I See You is an audio story that explores what it is to belong to a place. KBOO Interview

  • Artist Residency Caldera​

  • Oregon Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Grant

  • Viva Viva is a punk rock film in a grueling megalopolis of Brazil. Selected screenings: Indie Festival, Matilha Cultural and Cinemateca Brasileira (São Paulo, Brazil), Chicago International Movies and Film Festival, In-Edit Brasil, CBGB Festival, Curitiba International Film Festival, 7˚ Festival CineMúsica

  • Miranda July Chainletter Tape

  • Women in Film Emerging Latina Filmmaker Award

  • Chicago Emmy Outstanding Achievement for Informational Programming

  • Short films selected screenings: Chicago Women's Film Festival; Chicago Anarchist Film Festival 

  • Segment producer for Public Television

  • MFA Teaching Assistant Full Scholarship

  • Art Educator for Walker's Point Center for the Arts

  • Art Educator for the Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo (BR)​

  • Art Director for MTV Brasil ​

NONPROFIT selects

  • 2018-25: Executive Director for CultureSeed, youth outdoor immersion and mental health programs

  • 2011-13 Communications Director for Mozambique Permaculture Reference Center

  • 2008-10 Communications Director & Food Security Program Coordinator for Chicago international relief NPO

  • 2006-07 Co-founder & Executive Director for Chicago youth cultural center; Volunteer co-founder inner city farmer's market; Signature Leadership Evanston Program Scholarship

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