Since 1992, Sheila has performed various communications roles at IYF. As Marketing Manager, she conducts media outreach and captures the stories of young people – in print, online, and through video – whose perseverance and hope eclipse the barriers they see around them. Sheila is co-author of Our Time is Now: Young People Changing the World (2005), a book profiling 30 young heroes in 20 countries; Alliances for Youth: What Works in CSR Partnerships (2006); What Works in Youth Engagement in the Balkans (2005); and What Works in Youth-led Media (2003); along with four nonfiction children’s books. A graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism, Sheila has taught communications and public relations at the School of Business and Professional Studies at Johns Hopkins University.