Team Member

Ayşe Gürsöz (she/her/hers) is a Photographer-in-residence at Thousand Currents. She has a breadth of experience of harnessing the power of narrative and new media for social transformation, Working previously at Al Jazeera’s social media network, AJ+, Ayşe produced stories that were neglected by mainstream media. She then moved to Public Advocates, where she led digital strategy for a critical housing justice initiative. At Rainforest Action Network, she led communications targeting the world’s largest financial institutions for their outsized roles in the climate crisis and Indigenous rights abuses. Over the past eight years, she has also worked as a multimedia producer and content creator with Indigenous Environmental Network and Grassroots Global Justice during major climate justice mobilizations. Ayşe has a BA from the Technocultural Studies program at The University of California at Davis. A 2019 Lucie Foundation “Photo Taken, Emerging Scholarship” nominee, Ayşe is also a seasoned photographer who continues to build up her portfolio. In her free time, she cooks up her favorite Turkish recipes from scratch, and crushes on her favorite director, Taika Waititi.