LAURIE REEMSNYDER
Photography Teacher
Laurie Reemsnyder graduated with an Art Ed degree from Rhode Island School of Design, and has been teaching Photography since 1999, in Vallejo and at Marin Catholic. She spent seven years coordinating programs for the International House of Rhode Island, leading cross cultural workshops and programs to help acclimate refugees, immigrants, and international students to the US, then worked for 20 years with the International Organization for Migration, supervising (and photographing) the movement and care of half a million refugees through SFO. She has lived in Japan and Denmark, and traveled extensively through Asia, South and Central America, and Europe. Recognizing that art is transformative and connects us all as humans, she designed a photo project that was implemented each summer on her service trips to Cambodia, Costa Rica, Fiji, Thailand, Bosnia/Croatia and Peru. Her passion is in giving young people a voice and having them use it to help others, incorporating service and art.