VOX: The Voice of Our Generation

Cara Saleska, MSW, Program Director: Cara joined the team at VOX in June, 2008. She is a social worker and media activist with a film/video degree from Columbia College Chicago and a Masters Degree in community social work from Georgia State University. She has worked in a variety of areas in the Atlanta community, combining her love for creative expression and social justice organizing in order to help create a beautiful, peaceful, and just world. Cara supports teens in joining and making the most of their VOX experiences, recruits and trains mentors/volunteers, and works with teens to evaluate VOX’s impact.

Erica Kamara, MAJ, Editor: Erica is a journalist, writer and editor with a passion for coaching future journalists and helping them grow in their craft. She has taught writing courses emphasizing effective reporting strategies, critical thinking and how to tap into creativity and curiosity to produce compelling stories that matter to writers and their readers. Before joining VOX, Erica worked on the content team at Kudzu.com. At VOX, Erica guides and instructs teens through the entire publishing process, from honing story ideas and reporting to publishing in print and online. Erica also supports our Girls Writing Group.

Rachel Alterman Wallack, MSW, Executive Director: A native Atlantan, Rachel's experience writing for Junior Scholastic and Business Atlanta magazines inspired her to help start VOX Teen Communications with a team of volunteer teens and adults in 1993. Rachel earned her master's degree in social work at night in order to support teens involved in VOX's programs, and she has since volunteered and consulted with several local non-profits in the area of youth development, youth in governance and organizational leadership, and non-profit organizational development. Her role at VOX today is to guide strategic planning and Board Development, support our adult staff and help secure the resources we need.

Volunteers and Mentors

deLille Anthony; Eve Chen, 11Alive; Pete Corson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Hank Klibanoff; Ray McNair, Turner Broadcasting Systems; Rebecca Rolfe, CNN.com; Cara Rubinsky, Associated Press; Ed Tharp, Freelance Graphic Designer; Nicole Turner, Joy Woodson