Stephanie Mechura

Stephanie Mechura has been editing documentary films for nearly 25 years. A staff editor with Lucasfilm, Ltd. in the earlier part of her career, Stephanie has been freelance ever since, editing documentaries that have premiered at Sundance, Full Frame, San Francisco International Film Festival, Telluride, and Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Her films have received many of journalism’s highest awards, including the duPont Columbia Award, the Nestor Almendros Award for Courage in Filmmaking, and the Daniel Pearl Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Stephanie’s work ultimately means teaming up with directors, producers and journalists who share a simple belief: powerful stories open minds, and can change their world for the better.

Girls Garage embraces that ideal hands-on: empowering girls and young women with the skills and the courage necessary to affect real social change, to trust their voices, and to believe that they can build the world in which they want to live. As the mom of a Girls Garage alum, Stephanie has seen the power of the Girls Garage program glowing in her daughter, and feels humbled, privileged and inspired to be serving on this Board.

Stephanie holds B.A. Degrees in Economics and Political Science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. She lives with her teenage daughter in Oakland, California.