When she was 13 years old, Seneca Professor Misha Gajewski had a face-altering jaw surgery. According to her orthodontist at the time, a woman with a perfect bob, Gajewski's chin was too petite to support her lower teeth.
"I hate her," she said in front of a live audience recently. "I still have nightmares about my teeth falling out."
Now 27 years old, Gajewski is one of the newest and youngest professors in the School of Media. When she's not teaching at Seneca@York Campus, Gajewski is working as a producer for The Story Collider, a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing true, personal stories about science. Not only has the group worked with universities like Yale, Cornell and Cambridge, but its weekly podcast, featuring stories from the live shows, has generated more than nine million downloads since 2010.
Gajewski's jaw surgery story, told during a Story Collider show she produced in Toronto, has been selected for an upcoming podcast episode.
From writing and video editing to making live appearances, Gajewski has been living the life of a freelance journalist who dabbles in multiple forms of storytelling. Her work has been featured on BBC, CTV News, Vice, BlogTo and others, and she's a script writer for the award-winning SciShow, which boasts more than five million subscribers on YouTube.
