Anita Verna Crofts | TEDxSeattle
Anita Verna Crofts is the Director of Communication and Outreach for the Global Health Leadership Program and Clinical Instructor at the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health. In this capacity she designs and delivers curriculum on professional communication strategies, storytelling as a leadership and evidence tool, digital media adoption in resource-poor environments, and cross-cultural communication techniques for an international development setting. In addition to her work at the University of Washington, Anita is an award-winning food journalist who writes about the intersection of culture, food, and identity. She is a regular contributor to Saveur Magazine’s “Daily Fare” blog and she hosts the blog Sneeze! on her site www.pepperforthebeast.com. Her writing on food and Sudan will appear in Gastronomica’s 10th anniversary edition in January 2010.
