Gerard Thomas Straub is a filmmaker and award-winning author who left a lucrative TV career as a producer to put the power of film at the service of those experiencing severe, unjust poverty. Filming in some of the worst slums on earth, he gave the poor and the marginalized a voice and introduced viewers to caregivers who chose to love them. Gerry later put down the camera and relocated to Haiti, where he founded Santa Chiara Children's Center, a home of hope and healing for abandoned and abused children, in his effort to follow the Gospel of Love and Peace more closely. He has shown heart-breaking scenes of his films during his "Poverty & Prayer" presentations at over 260 Catholic churches, high schools, and universities in the United States and Europe. His book, The Sun & Moon Over Assisi, was named the Best Spirituality Hardcover Book of the Year in 2001 by the Catholic Press Association.Gerry's resumé includes teaching at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, three honorary doctorates, 24 documentary films, and 11 books, most recently Reading Thomas Merton and Longing for God in Haiti (available on Amazon), as well as producing TV dramas on NBC, CBS, and ABC.He splits his time between Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Vero Beach, Florida.