Meet Our Alumni

Alex Plank, Film and Video Studies alum

Bill Podolski is in his eighth year as Director of Choral Activities at H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program where he teaches six middle and high choral ensembles, which collectively involve a quarter of the school’s student population.

Daniel graduated from George Mason with a BFA in Dance in 2006. Following graduation he moved to New York City where he danced for danceTactics Performance Group, cornfield dance, Propel-her Dance Collective and Wallie Wolfgruber. In 2009, he left New York and moved to New Orleans to pursue a career in Medicine. He is currently a member of the Class of 2015 at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. After graduation, he hopes to pursue a residency and career in Neurosurgery. 

Justin is a conceptual and research based artist working along the Northeast Corridor, in and between New York and Washington, D.C. His childhood home was haunted, and he was seemingly predestined to involve himself in areas of the uncanny...

I'm currently the founder and Executive Director of Lab Theater Project, a theater company devoted to the development of new works and new theater artists. I am also a Doctoral Student at the University of South Florida, College of Education, with a focus in Program Development. My research is in Storytelling and what can be taught through Narrative.

Alicia Rodriguez's first documentary “Cultivation and Community” about urban agriculture in D.C. was selected for the 2018 Best of Film at Mason and screened at Community Stories Film Festival. In 2019,  Alicia was the only undergraduate awarded the highly competitive and prestigious Princess Grace Scholarship Award for her thesis experimental documentary film  "A Diasporic Boricua." 

Dustin obtained his MFA in Painting at Kendall College of Art and Design after relocating to Grand Rapids, Michigan on scholarship. He obtained his BFA in Art and Visual Technology: Painting at George Mason University in my hometown of Fairfax, Virginia.

Mohammed Saffouri is an award-winning Palestinian-American filmmaker based in Fairfax, Virginia. Saffouri distinguished himself early on in his film career by earning a Capital Emmy for his debut documentary film, The First.

For part of her capstone project, Jada made a short documentary about William ("Salty Bill") Salter, three-time Grammy winner, composer, musician, and writer of the song, Just the Two of Us.

Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Patrick Sargent joined the military at age 17 to become a U.S. Air Force security policeman. In 2002, after twenty years of service, he prepared to retire from the military, and while completing his degree in political science an entry-level printmaking class changed his trajectory.