MMC 2010 Alumna Awarded Benedict Fellowship for Graduate Study

Ashley Cintron ’10

“My professor, Giovanna Chesler, told our class to find something extraordinary in the everyday,” Preston said. “She told us that good documentaries are made when people put life on pause and focus on the little details that have always been there but that were never paid attention to. That is what has become of homelessness in NYC; it is everywhere we look, but it has become so commonplace that we barely ever take the time to really notice it anymore.” 

“Ashley worked to build relationships with the people working in homeless shelters in the city and further, with several people who use the shelters,” Chesler said. “By spending time conducting research on homelessness in this city and by interviewing people who are homeless, Ashley built a documentary that addresses the issue in its complexity.” 

As a member of Alpha Chi, Cintron ranked in the top 10 percent of her graduating class. She plans to purse an M.F.A. in television production at Brooklyn College. 

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Published: June 16, 2010