Staff Profiles

DEN QUINSAY
Executive Director

Den Quinsay has over 10 years of senior management experience working in the non-profit sector, developing and leading cross-disciplinary projects and programs focused on youth and adults in the gender violence field. She has co-authored a book on child sexual abuse, Brave Little Panda, with the Asian Alliance for Health in San Francisco, and worked on a portrait documentary project with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Costa Rica. As a photographer, she believes in the power of documentary photography and storytelling to connect people and communities, helping them focus on important social issues. Den has an MS in global leadership, an MA in gender and peacebuilding and was the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays award.

MICHAEL KAMBER
Founder + Creative Director

Mike Kamber has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years. Between 2002 and 2012, he worked for The New York Times, covering conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, the Sudan, Somalia, the Congo, and other countries. He was the first person in the New York Times‘ history to routinely file photos, videos and written articles to the paper. His photographs have also been published in nearly every major news magazine in the United States and Europe, as well as in many newspapers. Kamber is an adjunct professor at Columbia University. He is the winner of a World Press Photo award, the Mike Berger Award, the Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club Award, American Photo Images of the Year, and was a member of The New York Times team that won a 2003 Overseas Press Club award. The New York Times twice nominated Kamber’s work for the Pulitzer Prize. Kamber founded the Bronx Documentary Center in 2011.

CYNTHIA RIVERA
Exhibition Manager

Cynthia Rivera is an artist and photographer originally from Manhattan’s Lower East Side and currently living in the South Bronx. She has worked as the Exhibition Coordinator at the Bronx Documentary Center since 2014. Rivera graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA in Photography and a minor in Art History. She was part of the PIKADON project, an artist workshop based on raising peace awareness against nuclear war. Rivera also handmakes photo/art books and is working on a collaborative project to create children’s books based around social justice and world issues.

RICARDO J. PARTIDA
Youth Education Manager & BDC Focus Co-Editor-in-Chief

Ricardo J. Partida is a photographer, filmmaker, and educator currently living in Harlem. He moved to the US from Mexico at the age of 12 and spent the majority of his life based in Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated from The Ohio State University with a BA in Film Studies. He has a passion for capturing the complexities of other immigrant families in America and empowering the next generation of photographers with skills to tell their own stories. He is currently in post-production on a documentary featuring the stories of three immigrants living in Ohio and their varied relationships with their home country. He serves as co-editor in chief of the BDC Youth Photo League’s student newspaper, BDC Focus.

PAUL STREMPLE
Events Manager + Adult Education Manager

Paul Stremple is a journalist and photographer currently working in New York City and East Africa. In addition to his public programming role, he also coordinates editorial production for a BDC Editions book project. Paul served as an assistant editor on the 2021 BDC/VICE documentary, “Essential Lives: The Bronx Battles COVID-19.” Paul got his start volunteering at the BDC in 2018, where he helped with everything from construction renovations to working with Bronx Junior Photo League students crafting their college essays. Originally from Northern California, Stremple worked in Tanzania as a health volunteer for the Peace Corps prior to moving to New York. He earned an MA at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, with a focus on photojournalism and international reporting, and a BA in English at UCLA. He speaks English and Swahili.

TÂNIA CYPRIANO
Director of Films Fellowship Program

Cynthia Rivera is an artist and photographer originally from Manhattan’s Lower East Side and currently living in the South Bronx. She has worked as the Exhibition Coordinator at the Bronx Documentary Center since 2014. Rivera graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA in Photography and a minor in Art History. She was part of the PIKADON project, an artist workshop based on raising peace awareness against nuclear war. Rivera also handmakes photo/art books and is working on a collaborative project to create children’s books based around social justice and world issues.

MARIA DE LA PAZ GALINDO
Community Engagement Manager

Maria de la Paz Galindo is a Mixtec indigenous from Oaxaca, Mexico. She has lived in the South Bronx for 29 years and was a dedicated long-term volunteer before becoming the BDC’s Community Engagement Coordinator. She trusts that genuine connection leads to honest conversations. Her core belief is that education is important not just for the Latino community, but also for the immigrant community at large.

CARLOS DE LA SANCHA
BDC Labs Manager

Born in Mexico City, Mexico (1985), Carlos de la Sancha works in bookmaking, portraiture, unique chromogenic prints, poetry, and street photography. De la Sancha earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, from the Universidad Autónoma de México, before transitioning to Photography and studying at many different institutions in Berlin, Oaxaca, Mexico City and New York City, with experience as a printer, production assistant, photo labs manager. In 2021, de la Sancha finished his Creative Practices Certificate at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City. His work has been exhibited at such venues as Centro Fotográfico Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mx), Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (Mx), Imago Fotokunst (De), as well as ICP (US), and the BDC. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. © Tripp Peters


PAMELA Y. ROZON
YPL Program Assistant

Pamela Y. Rozon is a photojournalist and videographer based in the South Bronx. She earned a BA in Media Studies with a minor in Environmental Sciences from Hunter College. An alumna of the Bronx Documentary Center’s Youth Photo League, Rozon is dedicated to documenting the social, economic, and environmental impacts of climate change in her Bronx community. She also serves as co-editor-in-chief of BDC Focus, the BDC Youth Photo League’s student newspapers.


LEA IBRAGIMOV
Executive Assistant to the Managing Director

Lea Ibragimov is a Jewish immigrant who moved to New York at the age of eleven and since then, has been based in South Brooklyn. Being of a multicultural household, they grew up speaking Russian and Hebrew, before learning English. Lea is also improving her Spanish, and is planning to learn a few more languages. While majoring in Speech Therapy & Linguistics at Brooklyn College, her passion lies in art and knowledge. From being a Peer Lead at Lion’s Tooth Project to becoming the first teen ambassador of Photoville, Lea was able to explore their intersecting identities through photography and giving to the community. 

BERTHLAND BERTO
IT Specialist

Berthland Berto, born in West Africa and raised in the Bronx, studied Computer Information Systems at Monroe College and New York City College of Technology. A freelance photographer and technologist, Berto blends technical expertise with a passion for visual storytelling. A member of the Bronx Documentary Center’s Photo League, his work appears in the photobook Jerome Avenue Workers Project. He now serves as the BDC’s IT Specialist, managing technology to support the organization’s mission.


TERRY SHTOB
Development Consultant

Terry Shtob has worked as a Development Consultant with the Bronx Documentary Center since 2016. She worked for many years directing programs for both arts-centered nonprofit organizations and for universities. She spent over ten years directing NYU’s Department of Visual Arts and Writing at the School of Professional Studies, and also served as Associate Dean of Continuing Studies at Stanford University. Her nonprofit work includes work as Deputy Director at The Mexican Museum in San Francisco, and as a development professional at the SF Museum of Modern Art. She has a PhD from the City University of NY, and conducted research with a Fulbright grant on Italian feminism while finishing her degree.


KATIE KHOURI
Graphic Designer + Social Media Manager

Katie Khouri has worked for the Bronx Documentary Center since 2012, where she oversees social media, designs promotional materials, and manages online content to advance the center’s mission. She gained valuable experience in documentary photography and media through internships with Magnum Photos and acclaimed photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson of VII Photo. A member of the Bronx Documentary Center’s Photo League, her work appears in the photobook Jerome Avenue Workers Project. She is also the co-founder of 5 Journal, a theme-based photo publication with David “Dee” Delgado, showcasing thought-provoking photography and storytelling.