The Reel Society was founded my senior year of college as Chapman University’s first club focused on promoting diverse creatives within our film school. I came on as a founding board member, and as Secretary I created our monthly newsletter.

Initially, the club was called “The She Wolf Society” and the newsletter was called “The Siren” to match the girl-power theme. At the end of the first semester, I petitioned the rest of the board to change the club name to be more inclusive. Once the name changed to the Reel Society, the newsletter changed to a mass email, but these initial issues were a crucial part of building our membership.