At the National Screen Institute, we’re thrilled to celebrate our alumni and their accomplishments. Through this new segment, Focal Point, we aim to highlight the significant milestones our alumni achieve in their projects and careers.

Congratulations to Hoda Elatawi (NSI Global Marketing), the newest board member of the Youth Media Alliance (YMA).

Hoda, current VP and senior producer at GAPC Entertainment, was one of five new board members announced in late November. YMA aims to enrich the lives of Canadian youth by helping improve the quality of the content created for them on all screen-based media.

Hoda’s previous credits include So You Want to be a Muslim? and Are You Ready?  She also won the award for best director at the 2015 Ottawa Independent Video Awards for her documentary Muneeza in the Middle.