Meet the visionaries behind Isabelle International

We’re a collective of creators, dreamers and believers dedicated to creating voices and visions that help, heal and hope.

Isabelle Noack

Founder, CEO & Chief Storyteller

Isabelle Noack is an international journalist, producer and multidisciplinary storyteller working across documentary, journalism and cross-cultural media.

Her work focuses on global storytelling, identity, culture and emerging creator mentorship, with experience spanning international newsrooms, multimedia storytelling and documentary-focused creative initiatives. She develops projects and collaborations centered on thoughtful storytelling, cultural dialogue and supporting emerging voices and visions.

Joana Grace

Education & Equity Artist

Joana is a bilingual artist whose work focused on supporting queer, Black communities by producing and sharing presentations about the importance of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) to schools, universities and companies.

Her self-created material, content and sessions have led to more inclusive internal policies, hiring practices and educational material.

Andre Hester

Authentic Author

Growing up Andre noticed that none of the books he read included black people. He wanted to change that and started drafting ideas and writing books as well as drawing pictures that told contemporary and old fairytales in a way that shows people from all walks of life. Getting published in his birth place of Germany as well as in Canada is a dream that he hopes to make a reality very soon.

Felix Karsten

Purposeful Playwright

Ever since Felix was little he had friends of different backgrounds and quickly saw how they were often "othered". Often times, he believes the only reason was the color of their skin. That's why Felix started writing plays for theaters that talk about that experience. All of his roles are played by someone experiencing less privilege than him and at the end of every play he shares specific calls to actions and ways that - especially white people - can help undo a problem, he believes, they created.

Mara Wiedey

Personal Poet

Mara is still studying and hoping to become part of a space where she can use her poems and spoken words to educate and entertain others in a way that is vulnerable, touching and creative - just like her poetry. Her work often references very personal and intimate experiences that she feels most comfortable sharing in her writings hoping that the world will listen.

Suzan Ariz

Social Justice Journalist

Suzan is a multilingual migrant and passionate journalist. Her work and dreams focus on conducting interviews and creating content about people we rarely hear or see. From talking to wrongfully convicted prisoners to translating for refugee families, Suzan makes sure her experiences and that of those she meets, gets communicated across cultures and platforms, online and offline. She is currently pitching to major national and international news outlets hoping they will pick up one of her pieces - now or in the future.