Sara Gómez Advocates for Power-Shifting Storytelling in Global Health and Non-Profit Sectors
Sara Gómez, founder of Stories for Collective Change and co-founder of The Understory, is championing a new approach to storytelling within global health and non-profit organizations. Based in Tivoli, Italy, Gómez has spent over two decades working in global health across various countries, including Mexico, India, and the United States. Her work now focuses on helping organizations develop storytelling capacities and communication strategies that prioritize dignity, trust, and participatory practices. Gómez's methodology emphasizes shifting power dynamics by empowering individuals whose stories are being told, allowing them to control the narrative. This approach stems from her own experiences documenting stories where the subjects often had little say in how their experiences were represented. She advocates for methods like Photovoice, which gives cameras to community members to document their own realities, thereby shifting the power of narration. Gómez also openly shares her own professional struggles,... 
