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 I was born in Astoria, Queens and then moved to the Jamaica section at age 4. I love movies. My favorite movie genres are sci-fi, psychology thrillers and mysteries. I usually try to see independent films.
I was a Youth Organizer with the Forest Hills Community House (FHCH) for 2.5 years. A Youth Organizer is a young person who cares about and has a strong desire to achieve a positive force in the community. During that time I was involved in the production of a social action documentary and several public service announcements. It is through FHCH that I found out about South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!) where I worked also on producing a short film.
I'm going to pursue film/media studies at Hunter College. I know working with Radio Rookies is going to help me in my future plans.
Winter 2006
Interesting Fact: My middle finger was accidentally severed when I was a kid (it was successfully reattached). I don't like to wear logos.
Story Description: Lucid Dreaming
Have you ever had a dream that you were aware you were dreaming? Neil had a dream like that so powerful and intense that it set him on a months-long journey to perfect the art of lucid dreaming. He wasn't interested in the meaning of his dreams, he just wanted the freedom to be able to fly.
Neil's Mentor:
Fred Mogul is a news reporter for WNYC. He used to live in Manhattan and rented a house with a big yard, garden and parking area for only a couple hundred dollars a month. Okay, so it was Manhattan, Kansas, and it was about 1,500 miles west. It was a great place to live and train as a reporter, covering a large military base for a newspaper with a daily circulation of about 12,000 (that's 0.001-percent the size of the New York Times). Fred grew up in Westchester but spent much of his youth in New York City, sneaking to Chinatown at an early age to buy fireworks. In addition to Kansas and Nebraska, he has lived in Jerusalem, Hong Kong, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. He loves Brooklyn, which has been home for the past three years. The need to explore drove him into journalism – first for newspapers and wire services, then for local and cable TV, and now for public radio. He likes that being a news reporter gives him an excuse to go places and talk with people he otherwise might not interact with.
Interesting Fact: His name originally was Mogulevsky, but his grandfather shortened it some time early in the 20th Century. The word "mogul" is used to describe both wealthy big-wig business people and ski bumps on the slopes.
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