User:Bethcataldo

I am Beth Cataldo, and have a variety of passions, including filmmaking, writing, languages, publishing, technology, teaching, primates, whales, more technology, birds, dancing and traveling.

I worked for more than 15 years in the publishing world, starting up and running new magazines, CD-ROMs and web sites about technology and entertainment for a variety of publishers.

Currently I am an instructor at San Francisco City College teaching multimedia studies and web design and development.

No matter what I do for work, I have always enjoyed creating media, including photographs, stories, movies, drawings and documentaries. My 30-minute  movie “Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls,” was picked up by the Natural Heroes Series on PBS and shown at several film festivals throughout the country. If you’d like to purchase a copy, you can find it on my other web site.

My fascination with the natural history of mammals and birds and citizen science has also compelled me to work as a Winter Wildlife Docent at Point Reyes National Seashore, and as a volunteer at the Marine Mammal Center and the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association. I am also currently volunteering as a surveyor for the Tsunami Debris Monitoring Program in the San Francisco Bay Area.