2004

Following graduation, Claudia began working at the PBS station in Springfield, Massachusetts. There she produced the national PBS series Soapbox and went on to produce two award-winning independent films for PBS – Only a Teacher, which looks the critical role teachers have played in American society, and Rebuilding the Temple: Cambodians in America, a Florentine Films production. She has received numerous national and international awards including a CINE Golden eagle; a Silver Medal, Chicago International Film Festival; and a Gold Medal, National Educational Film and Video Festival.

In 2001, Levin joined Monadnock Media, a production company that specializes in multimedia exhibits for museums across the country. Her video-based projects cover regional history (Tampa Bay History Museum, Sioux City Public Museum), science and the environment (Boston Museum of Science, National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium), and American history (FDR Presidential Library and Museum, Mashantucket Pequot Museum, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum), among many other subjects.

Claudia believes that her life’s work embodies her vision for a better informed, well-educated and culturally literate society. She is an active volunteer for her local emergency food pantry and for national and state elections. Her husband, Daniel Gardner, is a professor of East Asian Studies at Smith College and they have one son, Jeremy.