I am a documentary filmmaker and strategic communications consultant. Before focusing on impact media, I spent two decades managing complex, donor-funded humanitarian and social impact programs.
I led high-stakes operations for local implementing organizations and gained on-the-ground field experience across all four provinces of Pakistan, including Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK. With a deep programmatic focus in Sindh and Balochistan, I managed large-scale governance, peacebuilding, and rapid-response emergency initiatives. Executing multi-layered grants in volatile environments taught me to navigate strict international donor compliance, manage rigorous M&E, and drive grassroots civic engagement.
My drive to capture these realities through the media has been a constant. A year before YouTube launched, I produced my first video documentary in 2004 as a self-led initiative while working as a community mobilizer for Mercy Corps Pakistan in Sindh Province. I continued to refine this craft, eventually being selected for a year-long international filmmaker fellowship supported by the U.S. State Department and The Humpty Dumpty Institute, which included an intensive residency at the prestigious UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Dedicated to inclusive empowerment, I have led extensive capacity-building initiatives: training over 200 youth, activists, and journalists in impactful storytelling, and empowering 100+ Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Balochistan to take on active roles in civic leadership.
Now based in the US, I am exploring new opportunities and collaborations in strategic communications, advocacy, and program impact. Whether through media production, consulting, or organizational leadership, I bring a global practitioner’s eye to partners looking to bridge the gap between heavy field operations and high-level advocacy to drive meaningful social change.