Play Hockey Like A Girl

Last week, Take the Lead and the Arizona Coyotes presented "Play Hockey Like A Girl", a discussion led by some amazing panelists highlighting opportunities for women in sports leadership. I was asked to edit a video, which alone was so much fun, but I also went to the event. Hearing the panelists share their stories was fascinating and I hope you all get to make it to a Take the Lead event sometime soon!

Check out this video, produced by Interview Forward (edited by me!), to hear insight from the panelists and to know what to expect from future discussions hosted by Take the Lead!





Take The Lead, a non-profit organization that strives for leadership parity, and the Arizona Coyotes hosted Play Hockey Like A Girl, a discussion highlighting opportunities for women in sports leadership.

Produced by Interview Forward
Edited by Ali Bastek

Bonnie - Phoenix Portrait Photography


When Autumn shows up here in the desert of Arizona, the colors might not change, but the weather does. Really, this just means you can be outside for more than a few minutes and you're not covered in sweat. And we get pretty excited for that! To show her joy for the cooler temperatures, Bonnie dressed up in her cute, fall clothes for some portraits. Maybe Phoenix doesn't have golden, falling leaves, but we've got pink bougainvillea year round and it's one of my favorite photo backdrops!


Devil's Bridge - Video Journal

If you stopped by last week, you saw that my brother, cousin, and I took a trip to Sedona for a day.

While traveling up north, we originally had our minds set on Oak Creek, however, since it was closed we were redirected to Devil's Bridge. Now, I'm not sure what happened, but we thought we were told the hike was less than a mile. We pretty quickly realized after the first trail marker that the hike was actually multiple miles. That was okay, we just had to mentally prepare ourselves after this new bit of information!

Then the bright, sunny sky began piling up with dark, gray clouds. Oh how pretty we thought! Once it started raining and we found ourselves trying to walk up slippery rocks we felt a tad bit different :) We made it though! I had fun with Tim and Sam, plus getting rained on is always refreshing when you live in Phoenix. I hope you enjoy!



Our day trip to Sedona did not turn out as planned. But how can your day be anything other than fun when you're hanging out with your goofy brother and cousin surrounded by beautiful landscape?

Shot and edited by Ali Bastek
Music by Sam Miller

Mystic Dreamer Pt II


While breathing in her surroundings, the Mystic Dreamer imagines her soul rising up with the incense, among the clouds and the endless blue. Up here it's light and free, a change from the disruptive, but unavoidable sadness below. This dreamer is ready to carry the light into the dark places of the world, where it is needed, as she flows into the mystic.



P.S. What musician inspired the last line of this photo story?

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