Mary Kate Boylan is a writer and producer, with a decade of nonfiction storytelling experience in national TV News. Below is a selection of Mary Kate’s work.
Amy Jandrisevits, Sewing Change
Outside Milwaukee, Amy Jandrisevits created a makeshift workshop in her home. She designs unique dolls that resemble their owners, who often have limb differences. Kids like Bella Zizzo say that seeing a doll that looks like them means more than they ever could’ve imagined.
John Metzler, Vietnam Veteran
John Metzler is a Vietnam veteran from Wendell, Idaho. One night during the Vietnam War, John sat in a foxhole one Christmas Eve, losing hope. When he got a random ‘thank you’ letter from a student, he says it helped pull him through. He saved that letter, until it lead him to the ‘thank you’ of a lifetime.
Alex Collins, NFL Player
NFL Running Back Alex Collins has a secret training regimen: Irish Dance. He explains how this unlikely exercise improves his game, and the relationships he’s formed because of dance.
Ruddy Roye, Photographer
In this 2016 interview with photographer Ruddy Roye, he reflected on 2016 as the ‘year of the protest.’ The protesting continues, and this interview with him is snapshot of a pivotal year through his photos, which feature Black Americans, and tell Ruddy’s own story.
Bob Charland, Volunteer
In Springfield, Mass. is a warehouse filled with thousands of bikes. Bob ‘The Bike Man’ Charland restores them with his group Pedal Thru Youth, and donates them to kids who would have trouble getting a bike otherwise. Bob lives with a terminal illness, and lives his life to the fullest by helping others.