Alumni Update: Devdharm Khalsa

This summer I was fortunate enough to be a multimedia development intern for Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in Nome, Alaska. As there was no permanent multimedia specialist at this park, I was pretty much in charge of designing and carrying out all multimedia projects for the park. Over the course of summer, I produced several youtube videos, informational posters for the visitor center, social media and blog posts on backcountry trips and junior ranger programs, and was published in Alaska Dispatch, a regional Alaskan news source (http://www.alaskadispatch.com/slideshow/photos-orcas-hunt-gray-whales-coast-nome).

Additionally, my image of the Serpentine Hot Springs area of the preserve was chosen as the 2014 Passport to Your National Parks passport stamp for the Alaska/PacificNW region. During my experience, I realized that what I was really doing, my true aim, was to tell stories about the land. I found myself using techniques learned during MOJ many times this summer, from interviewing to writing meaningful blog posts. MOJ taught me a lot about people, storytelling, life in general and for that I am grateful.

My future plans are not concrete, but I know it will involve telling stories of humanity and our relationship with nature through image, film, prose and poetry.