Hope in Hiding Creative Team
Stacey Goldring
Producer, CEO, Author
Stacey Goldring brings her experience as the producer of the award-winning documentary Traces, Voices of the Second Generation and founder/CEO of Searching For Identity, a non-profit dedicated to documenting history through education, documentary films, programming, writing workshops and advocacy. SFI ensures the stories of the Holocaust are remembered and understood. She created and facilitates SFI’s 2nd and 3rd Gen Writing Workshops, readers theatre productions, art exhibitions and Holocaust Remembrance/Education panel discussions. Her monthly book reviews can be heard on NPR WJCT 89.9. In collaboration with academics , Stacey co-created the University of Florida STEM Honors course Beyond the Memory of the Holocaust. Her book On Wooden Wheels, recounts the life of Holocaust survivor Carla Nathans Schipper. Prior to this work, Stacey was a freelance journalist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and reporter for The Boca Raton News. As editor, her book Traces, Writings by the Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors, a collections of stories written in her workshop over the past decade, will be published in 2026.
Isaac Brown
Director, Cinematographer
and Editor
Isaac is an award-winning director with a master’s degree in documentary film production from University of Florida’s Documentary Institute. His award-winning director role of his most recent film, Traces, Voices of the Second Generation, won numerous awards in the US and abroad. His thesis film Gimme Green won over a dozen awards, screened on the Sundance Channel, and it played at film festivals around the world. Isaac is a Florida Individual Artist Fellow; he directed the documentaries Terra Blight and SiDiKi. He’s currently a Professor of Communication and Media & Digital Media at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Isaac is a licensed captain and a FAA certified remote pilot. He continues to create documentaries at Jellyfish Smack Productions: www.jellyfishsmack.com.
Ana Paula Habib
Director, Editor
and Outreach Coordinator
Brazilian award-winning filmmaker Ana Paula Habib holds a Master’s degree from the University of Florida’s Documentary Institute and has a background in Anthropology. Ana’s award winning producer and film editing expertise was most recently showcased in Traces, Voices of the Second Generation, garnering awards at festivals in the US and overseas. She produced Terra Blight and directed SiDiKi. She is a Florida Individual Artist Fellow and the recipient of the Art Ventures Grant from The Community Foundation of Northeast Florida. Ana lives in Florida where she focuses on creating thought-provoking films at Jellyfish Smack Productions: www.jellyfishsmack.com.
Lisa Deluma
Associate Producer
and Outreach Coordinator
Lisa Deluma rejoins our creative team after her successful role as associate producer in Traces, Voices of the Second Generation, garnering awards at festivals in the US and overseas. Lisa graduated with a B.A in 2017 and completed a successful film internship with Searching For Identity before officially joined the SFI team. In addition to her Hope in Hiding associate producer role, Lisa directs the SFI Marketing and Communications team, managing its art exhibitions, book clubs, documentary film screenings,, film screenings, LiterARTure series, panel discussions and writing workshops. Her role draws on her talent as an exceptional portrait and landscape artist and educational background in film and the digital arts.