Marcello Ferrara is a graduate of McGill University in Literature and Urban Geography. He has a strong interest in community development and the use of new media to advance community development objectives. He is a published poet and writer and has worked as a communications specialist for the international design organization IFI, the International Federation of Interior Designers. He is the principal of And Others, a community development and production company and has worked with refugees in Greece, using participatory video practices to tell their stories as part of the community development process.
