A Series on Surviving

Actor, Writer, Director

Broghanne  Jessamine is a Co-Founder of Elemental Women Productions and a survivor.  Originally  from Scotland Broghanne has worked in Theatre (#metoo plays, The Left and Right Plays), Voice over  (Panda and Krash) and Film since emigrating to the United States of America. Prior to moving to New York,  Broghanne participated in  numerous  performing arts cultural festivals  throughout Scotland and in Germany to  bring  theatre and performance  that explores social issues to a wider  audience.

www.broghannejessamine.com

@broghannej

Actor

Sabrina  Schlegel-Mejia, a Colombian/Swiss actor based in New York, is beyond  grateful and super happy to be a part of A Series on Surviving with  Elemental Women Productions. Since graduating from AADA's conservatory program, Sabrina has appeared as Isabella in Measure for Measure and Antigone in People Vs. Antigone as well as Farris in award-winning short film GIRL FRIEND. Other projects include We Are Not Content!, JOJI, 22, We're Just Here To Swim, Cloud 9, Macbeth, Vessel of The Beast, Ledze and Lore, The Innocent, Albanian Gangster Part II, and The Uncounted.

Cinematographer 

Yuki Soga is an award-winning filmmaker based out of Brooklyn, New  York. After graduating from NYU Film School with minors in Cinema  Studies and Philosophy, he produced and directed the feature film We Are  Not Content!. He currently runs the video department of an advertising  agency in Manhattan and enjoys spending time with cats.

Actor

Yasmin Harvey is a British New York based Actor. Yasmin studied a Circle  in the Square Theatre School and spent two years honing her technique  as an intern at the Actors Studio. She has performed in plays and  musicals in both the UK and US and her play " Belief" was chosen as part  of the Manhattan Rep's Short Play Season. Yasmin is passionate about  female led work and work centered around women and social justice.

Production Assistant 

A lover of storytelling, Elizabeth performs as a dancer/singer/actress  when not working behind the scenes or writing her own work. After  graduating summa cum laude from The Ailey School and Fordham  University with double degrees in Dance and English, Elizabeth danced for a contemporary company, collaborating in the  creation of three evening-length works and touring the Hamptons,  Chicago, and the tri-state area. Now trained as a vocalist, she pursues a  career in musical theater while freelancing as a copywriter, PA, and scriptwriter.

Composer

Singer-songwriter and novelist, is currently based in NYC. She first discovered her love of songwriting while attending Berklee College of Music for Vocal Performance and released her first EP, Speak Up Speak Out, before graduation in March of 2016.

She is now signed to Wampus Multimedia for her first full-length album, Brutally Honest, released May of 2018. Her newest album, Peachy Keen, was recently released in November 2019. Both albums are available through spotify, and music videos for her albums have been released on youtube.
Ali creates her music to inspire and empower others. Many of her songs, such as 43720, have personal meanings about challenges she has faced.

Speaker

 Caitlin Bagdan is a member  of the RAINN's Speakers Bureau, where she does speaking engagements  across the country about ways to prevent sexual violence. She currently  works as a Crisis Counselor Coach, with Crisis Text Line (a 24/7 peer-to-peer  support line for those who are in crisis.) Prior to working at Crisis  Text Line, she worked for the United Way of Tri-County in Massachusetts,  where she was a Shift Supervisor for a mental health and emotional support hotline. Caitlin is a born and raised New Yorker  and is thrilled to be a part of this panel tonight! 

Speaker

Sarah is a triumphant survivor of childhood sexual abuse. After  suffering 4 years of being sexually molested and assaulted, Sarah  reclaimed her voice and disclosed her abuse in 2015. Since breaking her  silence, she has found healing and wholeness, and has started publicly sharing her story to help eliminate the stigma, secrecy  and subsequent wounds and scars that are the product of sexual abuse  and assault. Most recently, Sarah was the keynote speaker at the  Dutchess County Child Abuse Prevention Center Annual Luncheon where she shared her story in hopes to empower and inspire  other survivors. Sarah is on a mission to remind survivors that in the  midst of the brokenness, and shame, underneath the ruins of it all,  there is healing, self love, restoration, freedom, and victory. Today Sarah is happily married with two wonderful children  and lives in the Hudson Valley New York.

Event Photographer

Jade is artist/designer who  came to New York by way of Colorado 4 years ago. She runs a floral  design studio in Brooklyn by day and spends her free time taking photos,  baking pies and finding dogs to pet.