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Peggy Stern Highlight
In the end, it’s all come down to believing in myself and believing in my choices.
About Peggy
- Diagnosed with dyslexia at five years old.
- Felt like she had a chip on her shoulder, and constantly had to prove herself in her classes because she had struggled from such a young age.
- She always wanted to learn about the world through visual mediums rather than by reading texts.
- One of her teachers realized that she might have a talent for making art, rather than studying it, and recommended she transfer into the visual arts department.
- There, she found that photography and film came somewhat naturally to her; she no longer had to fight tooth and nail to prove herself in her classes.
- When she entered the workforce, she shied away from certain jobs because she was worried her employers would find out she was dyslexic.
- Instead, she started writing and producing her own films, one of which, "The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation", won an Oscar.
- Says that her LD has helped her as a filmmaker because it taught her how to accept and own her mistakes.
