Anita Long

Anita is an educator, storyteller, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur. Her professional life has been dedicated to combining these disciplines to serve the communities she has been a part of. At present, Anita is using her skills to combine filmmaking and education in an effort to raise the next generation of filmmakers as responsible thoughtful storytellers, a continuation of over 3 decades of training youth in filmmaking geared toward socially responsible compassion-oriented content.

Anita is the owner of Long Films Studio and immediate past President of Women in Film and Television Houston. As a film director/producer she has been awarded medals from the Smithsonian Institutes Permanent Research Collection and has been awarded for “visionary use of information technology to effect positive educational, political and economic change in society”.

Her work is published in the Library of Congress and is part of the collections of more than 30 museums and libraries around the country.

Anita is an editor for International Focus Magazine, a vehicle for the diplomatic community to bring a voice for a better understanding of each other’s cultures. She is presently Vice-President of the Federation of Houston Professional Women which combines over 35 women's organizations, to foster diverse relationships, scholarships and building collaboration for positive change.

She came to Compassionate Houston to gain knowledge for her work with young people and for her personal growth. She completed basic Compassionate Integrity Training (CIT) in June 2018. She has since served as a CIT assistant and in media relations for Compassionate Houston. She resonates especially with the organization’s aim of nurturing intercultural understanding and dialogue.