Building confidence and amplifying voices through storytelling

Abby Verbosky graduated with a degree in photojournalism and anthropology from Scripts College of Visual Communication then spent the past ten years in New York City managing artists for galleries, exhibitions, as well as teaching storytelling and media education workshops for various non-profits, The Fashion Institute of Technology and abroad in New Zealand. Simultaneously, for the past five years, Verbosky has worked full time at Reel Works, serving as Program Director for the last three years. 

Arianna committed her career to finding ways to channel the power of collective knowledge for social good. Realising that the approach could be used to tackle major needs in different industries and professions, she successfully corralled a fearless team to found Matchbox Virtual Media, a virtual conference production company. Now stepping into its third year, Matchbox partners with dozens of associations, non-profits, and universities around the world to bring their communities together to co-create solutions and meaningfully host the conversations most pressing to them.