About
Sana Ullah.
Sana Ullah (she/her) is a visual storyteller and a Senior Program Officer for the National Geographic Society's (NGS) Storytelling Grants and Programs team. As a PO, she manages 300+ grantees from around the world and provides 1:1 support and/or mentorship to emerging photojournalists. Ullah has created and facilitated internal and external grant writing workshops, attends portfolio reviews, supports programming for internal conferences, and occasionally sits on the jury for various photo competitions around the world.
Ullah is a trained multimedia storyteller with over a decade experience in creating and producing visual content. Prior to NGS, she has worked for Discovery, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Her visual work has a heavy focus on women, People of Color, and/or Muslims. She is mostly known for her project, Places You'll Pray: a community engagement photo series of Muslims praying in locations outside of a mosque or designated prayer area(s).
Ullah received a Bachelor of Science in digital media studies from Florida International University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Miami, Fla. and a Master of Arts in new media photojournalism from the George Washington University's Corcoran School of the Arts and Design in Washington, D.C.
She currently resides in the Washington D.C. Metro Area.
