Theresa Menders and Daniel Farber Huang are a wife-and-husband team of documentary photographers and independent humanitarian advocates who have collaborated on a broad range of pressing social issues, with a long-term focus on women’s and children’s issues and the alleviation of poverty locally and around the world. Theresa and Daniel co-founded The Power of Faces, a major portrait project raising awareness of the global refugee crisis. The team has documented refugee camps around the world, and actively raise awareness and mobilize resources to aid vulnerable populations.

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Their collaborative work is included in the permanent collections of numerous fine art museums and historic institutions, including the International Center of Photography, the New York Historical Society, the Museum of the City of New York, Museum of Chinese in America, the New York City Fire Museum, the Smithsonian and other cultural institutions. Their documentary work has been exhibited at Amnesty International, the Middle East Institute, and numerous universities and colleges.

 

In the field, Daniel and Theresa are required - often as Expedition Team Leaders - to mobilize scarce resources and negotiate cooperation from disparate stakeholders (ranging from military authorities to law enforcement to NGOs to tribal leaders to local boots-on-the-ground) to achieve mission objectives. They have documented humanitarian and social topics in the Republic of Vanuatu, Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, India, China, Turkey, Bangladesh and several other countries. They are both authors as well as Fellows at The Explorers Club and the Royal Geographical Society.

 

Daniel also has deep experience in strategic leadership, risk mitigation, and unconventional problem solving. As a result, he is often called upon by a diverse range of organizations to advise on navigating and thriving in rapidly shifting landscapes and uncertain environments. Daniel earned his Masters degree in Journalism from Harvard University, MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, and BA in Economics from New York University.

 

Theresa is also Senior Director at a thought-leading global healthcare company. She has deep experience in leading complex, multi-faceted growth initiatives, with prior key roles in both start-up and global institutions. Theresa is currently pursuing a DrPH in Public Health Leadership from University of Illinois Chicago and has earned her MPH in Global and Environmental Health from The George Washington University, MA in Latin American Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University, MBA in Finance and Management from The Wharton School, and BS in Mathematics from Dartmouth College.