Community Collective

Marj Kleinman is a visual storyteller and the creator of Stoop Stories. A lifelong Brooklynite, residing in her childhood brownstone, she has years of stoop-sitting under her belt. In addition to photography, Marj has more than 20 years of experience as a children’s content producer and writer, creating award-winning educational media with PBS KIDS, Sesame Workshop, Scholastic, and Noggin...

Ben is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker who currently works primarily in post-production....

Talia Krausz is a filmmaker, photographer, social media manager, and life-long learner. She’s grateful to have been raised in New York, appreciating its diversity and artistic culture...

Andrea A. Resendiz Gomez (she/they), also known as MartianCum, is a queer Mexican multidisciplinary artist from the Bronx. Currently based in the Bronx and Brooklyn looking to expand to the West Coast...

Katie Godowski is a product photographer and freelance photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. She loves to photograph humans on the streets fighting for change at protests, street artists making the city colorful and families just embracing the beauty of the world...

Bridget Bartolini, founder of Five Boro Story Project, is an oral historian, socially engaged artist, educator, writer, and native New Yorker who hails from the beautiful borough of Queens. She feels lucky to have grown up with a stoop where family and friends gathered to shoot the breeze.

Kathleen is the author of the novels Ghosts of the Missing and Ashes of Fiery Weather, which was named one of Book Riot’s 100 Must-Read New York City Novels. Her stories and essays have appeared in Web Conjunctions, Washington Square, SNReview...

Danielle is a native Brooklynite with over 3 years of experience in the non-profit arts world.

Jeremy Adom is a Ghanaian-American photographer, visual storyteller, and graphic designer who grew up and currently resides in the Bronx...