Mary Andreolli is co-founder, senior multimedia designer and educational content developer for Tumbuh Global and The School of Global Citizenry. She is also the founder and executive director of the Kranky Thumb Collective, whose mission is to empower individuals to re-define their relationships with screened devices and social media.
Mary is a passionate visual storyteller specializing in motion media design, video production, illustration, AR and AI. She has more than 15 years of professional visual communications experience working with government contractors, nonprofits, corporations, and faith-based institutions.
With animated films previewed at the 2022 TEDinArabic Conference, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Virtual Summit, and reshared regularly by Adobe Aero on Instagram, Mary possesses a relentless commitment to learning and sharing the visual stories of vulnerable populations around the world. She was awarded a DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Award for excellence in religious communications and public relations.
Mary created, produced, and hosted Every Day GraceTV for the North Carolina United Methodist Church (NCCUMC), which is available on YouTube and Roku. She has also worked for Epic Games focused on ICVFX Virtual Production workflows in Unreal Engine 5.
Mary earned a Master of Divinity (M.Div) from Wake Forest University in North Carolina, a Master’s certificate from the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Motion Media Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Atlanta, Georgia. Her MFA master’s thesis focused on evoking the spiritual through motion media design using forms and patterns found in nature.
Mary is an American Baptist ordained minister, visual communications specialist, a CEU-certified online instructor, has traveled to more than 65 countries around the world, and lived abroad for 6 years in five different countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Greece, and Albania).