Romain Sepehr Vakilitabar is the founder of Pathos Labs, a non-profit laboratory focused on exploring ways in which entertainment and media can rewrite harmful narratives, and change culture. One such project is PopShift, an initiative which convenes Hollywood’s leading TV writers with the country’s leading experts to determine how television can help catalyze new prosocial behaviors and attitudes.
Romain was awarded the “Erase the Hate” fellowship from NBCUniversal in 2018 for his efforts to eradicate hatred in America. He spoke at one of the world’s biggest TEDx events, has been featured in the books “2 Billion Under 20” and “Compassionate Careers”, and in journals such as UC Berkeley’s “Othering and Belonging”.
