Dana Wachter

Dana Wachter is a freelance journalist and digital storyteller now based in London, Ontario. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, the University of Maryland graduate spent nearly seven years as a television anchor and reporter in Tennessee, Virginia, and North and South Carolina. After moving to Ghana to manage communications for a nonprofit, Challenging Heights, she first filed video content for Global Sisters Report.

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Jun 23, 2020

Q & A with Dr. Valérie Julie Brousseau, helping Canadian religious communities prevent COVID-19

"People need to take this seriously, and they need to realize that they could be next because this is going to last for another year, year and a half, before we have a vaccine."

Sr. Milagros García runs Kreditá na bo with her sisters from the Adorers in Mindelo, Cape Verde. (Dana Wachter)

Jan 06, 2020

Adorers help vulnerable women take back their dignity in Cape Verde

Kreditá na bo in Mindelo, Cape Verde, works with sexually exploited and at-risk women and girls. Helping women is "not just my work; it's my mission from God," says director Sr. Milagros García.