The seeds for Dramatic Media Designs began as I was teaching for Chesaning Union High School (Michigan) in 2002. There I inherited two amazing legacies in theatre and media. A few years later I was staging my first media infused shows, The Trojan Women,  World War Z, The Cradle Will Rock and The Breakfast Club.  When the opportunity arose to receive an MFA and PhD. under the dramatic media mentorship of Dr. David Saltz, I packed my family in the north and transplanted us into Athens, GA for nine years. There I learned more advanced techniques for inserting media into live productions (and vice versa)  but even more importantly, I was immersed in an element of America that was changing dramatically. To me, I strive to make JWHDMD an organization founded on the principle of using technology to make people more accessible to one another in the present and in the flesh.