Ellen Snortland
Ellen Snortland has her Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Her work as an author, self-defense advocate, and instructor has been featured on Dateline NBC. Ms. Snortland has worked in the media and entertainment industries as an actor, producer, commentator, and writer, with a regular column in the Pasadena Weekly and frequent contributions to Ms. Magazine. Her acclaimed one-woman show, Now That She's Gone is a comic memoir about growing up Norwegian American. Snortland has attended United Nations world conferences and the Commission on the Status of Women as an NGO delegate and journalist. Ms. Snortland believes that "Think Globally, Act Locally," is vital for women and girls, arguing that females of all species know how to protect themselves and it's a birthright for human females too. She says, "There's nothing more local than one's own body." She is currently raising funds for and directing, Beauty Bites Beast, a documentary based on her self-defense advocacy. |
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