How have you helped to create positive change in your community, country or organisation?
I believe in storytelling, and its power to inspire other people and future generations. The real power of stories comes from experiences in our individual everyday lives that may appear miniscule but hold such a high level of importance that is often overlooked.  What have I done and what am I doing? I organized the publishing of the Sala’s Gift book in Czech.  About 3,500 books were published in the Czech Republic. I am working on pre-production of my projects and films! For example, one film, which I want to direct, is about my heroine Sala. During the WWII the young Sala (sixteen years old) was in seven labor camps for five years and saved more than 350 letters and photos, which she hid until 1991. My next project is a documentary film called Dissident’s music, which is about my teacher and old friend Zdenek Trnka, who is 91 years old. He is a composer and makes classical music that is pure genius! I want to help him stage international public concerts of his music. He has composed music for poetry by Jaroslav Seifert (who won the Nobel Prize in literature), by Halek, Nezval and other famous Czech poets. Thanks to Zdenek’s music and these concerts children and the general public could find out more about the Czech tradition of excellent poetry. 
Me and my team organized two big music concerts called "Songs by Zdenek Trnka & Poems by Jaroslav Seifert" (2013) and "Anniversary concert – Zdenek Trnka’s 90th Birthday" (2015) in the Czech Republic. The songs and music were played at the concerts for elementary and high school students, and the general public. 

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What are your plans to further increase your social impact over the next two years?

I have many plans, for example to publish Zdenek Trnka’s memoirs. I would like to work and continue shooting my documentary films: Sala’s Gift and Dissident’s music. In addition, I would like to finish my script for a feature film Sala’s Gift and I wish to be the Film Director of this story. 

How have you demonstrated leadership?

My team had successfully published the Czech translation of Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner under my leadership. We managed to organize two launch ceremonies for the book in Prague and in Trutnov, both accompanied with open debates for students and the general public.  A book trailer was produced and showed at both events. We successfully staged two concerts of Zdenek Trnka’s music to showcase his songs, and choir, orchestral and piano music. 

How have you demonstrated innovation?
By publishing the Czech translation of the book Sala’s Gift and shooting my documentary film, the Czechs were reminded that there were Nazi camps in our region that were gradually forgotten because the Nazis destroyed them right after the war. The Zdenek Trnka’s concerts premiered most of his music as no-one had heard them officially before as he was in dissent during the Communism and he couldn’t publish or play his own music. This is the core of what I do – I reveal old hidden things and show old truths anew.