Sahar Sarshar - Videographer, TV producer, Video Journalist.

Sahar received a Master of Arts in Film and Video at Emerson College and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at George Mason University. She has worked on productions which aired both nationally and internationally on Animal Planet, Voice of America & Win TV. Because of Sahar's dedication to journalism,a non-profit group helping women in the field of journalism, The Journalism of Women Symposium (JAWS), invited Sahar as a panelist on the topic of International Coverage of Women at their 2008 Conference. And in 2009 she taught editing at the JAWS multimedia training workshop.

Sahar's video stories show her passion, vision, and dedication to telling stories through the eyes of those who entrust her. Her work is broad in range - it includes animations, sports, arts and documentaries reflecting important world issues. One of her most recent work, an interview with Jason Jones and Tim Greenberg from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart about their trip to Iran in 2009, has received a great amount of attention on the web. This project, which aired on Voice of America in Iran during October and all over the world during November, has had over 100,000 views on the web alone. And in early 2010, she was involved in an exclusive interview with a government official from Iran, whom deflected from his position as Consul to Norway.

Despite her dedication to journalism and story telling, Sahar is also a talented editor, shooter, producer and writer. She has worked on commercials, TV shows, and music videos and plans on continuing those creative pursuits.

Outside of video - she is also very involved in charity and non-profit work. In 2007, she raised over $10,000 for The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and participated in a five day walking event in Tanzania. This experience propelled her to start her own charity, helping an impoverished primary school in Tanzania called Nkoanekoli Primary School. She has raised nearly $3000 from friends, family and total strangers in an effort to give more educational support for the students at Nkoanekoli. Her link to Tanzania doesn't end there... she is also the secretary of Friend of Bahati Tanzania, a U.S. based sister non-profit organization that helps at-risk women sustain their lives by making and selling jewelry.