This spring, The Story Collider is adding two new positions to our staff! Two of our Senior Producers, Lily Be and Misha Gajewski, will be taking on the roles of Education Director and Managing Producer, respectively, as Program Director Nisse Greenberg leaves the staff this June. Previously, Nisse has supervised both our Education Program and our Shows, but under this new structure, Lily will lead our Education Program and Misha will lead our team in show production.
An acclaimed Chicago storyteller and veteran storytelling coach, Lily Be, who joined The Story Collider’s producer team in 2019, is the first Latinx winner of a Moth GrandSLAM storytelling championship, as well as the creator and producer of Stoop Style Stories (formerly The Stoop) in Chicago. She has taught storytelling at Second City and at colleges and universities around the world.
Misha Gajewski, who joined The Story Collider’s producer team in 2017, is a Toronto-based journalist whose work has appeared on Vice, Forbes, BlogTO, CTV News, and BBC, among others. She holds a master’s degree in science journalism from City University London and has written scripts for the award-winning YouTube channel SciShow. She is also the co-founder of the world’s first 24-hour true storytelling festival. In addition to leading our team in show production, Misha also contributes to The Story Collider podcast as an assistant producer and part-time host.