Ukrainian High School Student Diana Herasim

Boxing has been a therapeutic release for 15-year-old Middlebury Union High School exchange student Diana Herasim in the moments between phone calls with her family following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. “It's not the time to be weak…It's the time to fight,” Diana declared. Click here to read the story published in Seven Days.

VERMONT VISIONARIES: Mother of 27 Theresa Tomasi

With Mother’s Day coming up, let’s shine the spotlight on Williston, VT, resident Theresa Tomasi who is the mother of 27 children. At 91, she broke through many adoption barriers in the early 60’s adopting as a single woman and more barriers in the 70’s 80’s and 90’s adopting as an older parent. The kids grew up on 50 acres of land in the heart of a suburban neighborhood in Williston with horses, mini horses, pigs, chickens, and even peacocks. They helped care for the animals and each other. Cat was the producer, videographer, editor, writer and voice over talent.

Research Collaborations: Breast Cancer

Marie Wood, M.D., associate director for cancer control
and population health science for the University of Vermont Cancer Center, and Jason Stumpff, Ph.D., an associate professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at UVM, focus their research on triple negative breast cancer, a disease with few targeted treatment options. Video produced, filmed and edited by Cat Cutillo.

Research Collaborations: Glioblastoma

University of Vermont Cancer Center members Alissa Thomas, M.D., a neurologist and neuro-oncologist, and Delphine Quenet, Ph.D., a basic science researcher and assistant professor in the department of biochemistry, are researching glioblastoma, a rare but deadly brain cancer. Video produced, filmed and edited by Cat Cutillo.

CATMA — Chittenden Area Transportation Management

Telework Toolkit: Supporting Employers & Employees. Cat was the videographer for this project and filmed all on-location interviews throughout chittenden county, Vermont, as well the Vermont B-roll.

Vermont Visionaries: Kia'Rae Hanron

Kia’Rae Hanron works full-time for Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte, VT, and is writing curriculum for ‘Windows to a Multicultural World,’ a K-12 online learning platform being created by Black artists and educators to teach African-American and African Diaspora history through arts engagements. Hanron says its a dream job.

VERMONT VISIONARIES: Matthew Schlein

Matthew Schlein founded Walden Project and Willowell Foundation in the same breath 21 years ago in Monkton, VT, after teaching at Vergennes Union High School for 6 years. Walden Project is an outdoor alternative public education program that takes place on the 230-acrea Willowell preserve in Monkton. Modeled on Henry David Thoreau’s book ‘Walden’ and the author’s two-year moved to Walden Pond, educator Matthew Schlein begins every morning reading a passage from Thoreau. Cat was the producer, videographer, editor, writer and voice over talent.

Research Collaborations: Lung Cancer

University of Vermont Cancer Center members Matthew Kinsey, M.D., M.P.H., an interventional pulmonologist, and Jos van der Velden, Ph.D., a basic science researcher and assistant professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine, are researching treatments for lung cancer, the most lethal and intractable of all the common cancers. Video produced, filmed and edited by Cat Cutillo.

Burlington High School Moves into Former Macy's

After a $3.5-million renovation, students will attend classes in a former Macy's department store in downtown Burlington, Vt. The discovery of airborne cancer-causing chemicals forced the closure of the school's main campus, off North Avenue. Cat produced, filmed and edited this video for Seven Days which went viral. It had more than 39,000 views and appeared on the websites of People Magazine, Buzzfeed, Curbed, Daily Mail, Slate Magazine, Nerdist, Yahoo!, AOL, NowThis, Bored Panda and Bloomberg Quicktake.