I am incredibly passionate about creating more opportunities for seemingly ordinary people to share their stories. My current work in audio focuses on the experiences of POC who have had international learning experiences outside of their country of origin. With over a year of experience in podcasting so far, I'm open to any opportunities that would allow me to further showcase my skills as an interviewer, host, editor, producer, and voice talent. I also have an extensive range of writing skills (blog posts, book and TV reviews, guest profiles, analyses of film and literature, translation, audio transcription, etc.).
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Danielle Grace is from the Metro Detroit area and is the creator and host of “Young, Gifted and Abroad“, a podcast that highlights perspectives on studying abroad from people of color. She wants to encourage people to explore the world in their own way. As a reader, writer, singer-songwriter, and translator, Danielle is a lover of language and stories who is also incessantly curious about people and life. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Cultures & Politics and a B.A. in French from Michigan State University.
This website is a growing directory of people of color who work in audio around the world. You’ll find editors, hosts, writers, producers, sound designers, engineers, project managers, musicians, reporters, and content strategists with varied experience from within the industry and in related fields.
It’s both a place for employers to find POC candidates, and a place where POC can find each other for meetups, collaborations, advice and so on, which means that not everyone you’ll see on here is actively looking for a job.
To our POC family: we see you and we stand with you. Let’s continue to support each other.
If you’re an employer, we need to talk.
*clears throat*
While recruiting diverse candidates is a great first step, it’s not going to be enough if we want the industry to look and sound meaningfully different in the future. Let us be clear: this isn’t about numbers alone. This is about getting the respect that people of color—and people of different faiths, abilities, ages, socioeconomic statuses, educational backgrounds, gender identities, and sexual orientation—deserve. So before you get started, here are the Terms of Service:
I will pay employees a living wage.
I will consider the ways in which my workspace might be hostile to people of color and find concrete ways to support their contributions and wellbeing.
I will continually reflect on how my networks, taste, curiosity, comfort and values are shaped by my race, class, gender, where I grew up, the media I consume, and the fact that we live in a white supremacist culture. This takes time. It will require vulnerability, and a commitment to ongoing learning.
I understand that this directory is not ZipRecruiter, and that expanding my hiring practices requires that I dedicate some time to engaging with potential candidates in a deeper way than simply scanning their years of industry experience.
If you are unable to commit to these terms, please click “I do not accept.”