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Chari Pere

Digital Storytellers Lab

2024 Fellow

Chari Pere

"UNSPOKEN": A Cartoonmentary Series

The award-winning “UNSPOKEN” series features real stories told in comics and animated shorts about challenges surrounding reproductive health.

Chari Pere has worked as a creative director and illustrator/storyboard artist on projects for Red Bull, Jockey, Disney, Comedy Central, and Bud Light. She has created content for The Washington Post’s The Lily and Mad Magazine, and has collaborated with NYT bestselling author Gretchen Rubin and actress Mayim Bialik. Chari launched the "Unspoken" Cartoon series as part of the 2024 Jewish Writers' Initiative Digital Storytellers Lab Fellowship and was named the 2024 JewCE Artist of the Year.