Name: Imran Froogh

Recipient Year: 2015

Description: Imran Froogh is an incoming graduate student at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He’s pursuing an MFA degree in Interdisciplinary Documentary Media Practices. Born and raised in Paramus, NJ, Imran received a B.A. in Philosophy from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014. In 2013 he spent a semester abroad in Varanasi, India, where he began to take an interest in photojournalism. After graduating, he expanded his efforts in visual storytelling into film, and he worked to document and share the story of a mobile food vendor operating in New York City. He now aims to further his work in documentary film, guided by a streak of social justice.

School Name: University of Colorado-Boulder

Sponsor: Zehra Attari Memorial Scholarship