ODYSSEY STORYTELLING PHOTOS and BIOS
JANUARY 29, 2009 - "Breakups & Breakdowns"
Kirsten Voris is an adult educator who enjoys teaching writing, math and language to inmates and other adult learners in the Tucson community. During her long career as a student, she has sampled everything from political economy to creative writing, and earned an MA in Ottoman History from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey in 2002. She enjoys looking at maps, using new languages and meeting people who have long attention spans and impeccable listening skills. In the future, she hopes to make sea kayaking into a bigger part of her life.
Christina Culligan is a super senior at the University of Arizona where she is pursuing 2 undergraduate degrees, one a BFA Theater Education and the other BFA Art Education. She has worked with peace organizations such as V-Day and produced the Vagina Monologues to raise awareness and funding to stop violence against women and girls on campus for the last 4 years. She has also worked with theater and art outreach programs to help strengthen communities and support student's learning through out Tucson and across the country. She hopes to use the arts to build communities, improve lives and help students succeed in the future. She grew up in Salt Lake City, UT and has lived in areas across Arizona and abroad in Germany. She has had the opportunity to see the world, build connections with friends across the globe and listen to the lives and stories of others. It is her belief that the empowerment of all can be achieved through finding our voices and telling our stories. Also, she believes, that by sharing our perspectives we can build empathy, connections, and understanding that will promote harmony in this world.
Lori Riegel grew up in Tucson, and has been teaching Hebrew for 18 years. She is an advertising guru, and has quite interesting event-related greetings on her voicemail. Lori is known to update her Facebook status while in meetings, and is passionate about surprising people. Lori is working toward ordination as a rabbi, and is quite excited about her new role as Education Director at her synagogue. This will be Lori's third time participating in Odyssey Storytelling.
Aimee Finkelstein lives and works for mankind. Her devotion to others is evident as she can always be seen throwing foods of cans out of her car wndow when passing those less fortunate than her. She has been arrested twice by misguided officers but says she will continue her altruisitic work as it is her calling. She has two children, six pets, and an extensive ant farm. She works as a teacher, but also loves to write.
Jordan Hill recently arrived in Tucson, and is very happy to be here! He's a professional storyteller who has, at times, been a wandering (wondering) minstrel of sorts, living on the road and telling stories along the way. As a result he's been blessed to have had a host of weird and wonderful experiences that make for some great storytelling. Yet given his penchant for fairy tales and traditional folklore, he rarely tells his personal stories in a formal storytelling context. Thus he is grateful to have discovered Odyssey and get some external impetus to tell from the other side, the personal side. His website is www.jordanhillstoryteller.com.
Mark McMahon is the author of DRIVING TO THE END OF THE WORLD. He was a dentist practicing in Tucson when a brush with mortality initiated a spiritual awakening. It catapulted him onto a life-changing solo-driving odyssey to the southern tip of South America. Since then, his life's work has become inspiring others to live their adventure and take a step in the direction of their dreams. Visit his website at www.liveyouradventure.com.
