Career
Her 6-word memoir and photo-illustration are included in the book, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure and she is a contributor to the 2010 book, "The World I Dream Of". Casey was a semi-finalist for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Echoing Green Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs and was a 2008-2009 YouthActionNet Global Fellow through the International Youth Foundation. Chosen to participate in the 2009 American Express Nonprofit Leadership Institute, Casey was the only American representative at the 2010 Lucca Leadership Foundations course in South Africa.
Casey was raised in Newton, Massachusetts and attended Newton South High School (Class of 1997).
She then attended Brown University and graduated with honors in Latin American Studies in 2001. Casey later received grants from the Production Workshop and the Creative Arts Council to complete her creative thesis project, Latin America in Abstract: A Personal Journey.
She earned her Masters of Arts in Arts Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University. Casey"s photography has been published by the non-governmental organization Cooperative American Relief Everywhere, and in several literary arts journals.
She received a grant from the Newton chapter of the Massachusetts Cultural Council for her photography and has been interviewed by the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, the New York Daily News, and the Providence Journal, among other publications.
