The Author
Jessica Hibbard is a photojournalist, freelance photographer and world traveler.
She has a passion for telling the stories of the unique people she meets along in her journeys through her photography. Jessica studied Photojournalism and World Religions at Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina. She has interned with the International Mission Board and Upcycle Life as well as been an integral staff member of the student publication, GWU-Today over the past 4 years of her undergraduate work.
You can look at a slew of statistics about the hurt and broken world and just see numbers on a page. If you take the time to hear just one person's story you will quickly see that each person has a story all their own. Jessica's love for storytelling began in high school looking for a major that would be fun but has turned into her life's passion. That switch has come out of a process of meeting an abundance of people and taking the time to hear their story. She have learned to see each story or image not just as part of the big world issues, but as people surrounded by this crazy world, fighting daily for their view of a hopeful tomorrow.
For her latest project, Jessica has spent the last 11 months building relationships and gaining confidentiality with the refugee community around Center-city Charlotte, NC. She has captured intimate stories with a handful of refugee women through her time as an intern \ and intentional relationships with the employees of the Charlotte-based non profit organization, Upcycle Life.
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