Rebecca S. Katz is a filmmaker and activist for compassion. She graduated from Tufts University in 2007 where she majored in English and Film Studies. She was raised in Canton, MA, a small town 20 mintues south of Boston, and now lives in New York City.

Rebecca currently works for Shine Global, a non-profit film production company dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of children worldwide through documentary films that raise awareness and effect political change. She acted as Associate Producer on “War Dance Returns,” the short follow up documentary to Shine Global’s 2007 Academy Award-nominated film, “War Dance,” which was broadcasted on the Sundance Channel in May 2009.

Visit the Shine Global website to learn more about their documentary in production, “The Harvest: The story of the children who feed America.”