New writer for VilNews

Associate Editor Emily Daina Šaras.

Emily Daina Šaras is a musician, anthropologist, and activist from Hopedale, Massachusetts, USA living and working in Vilnius, Lithuania.

She is currently working as Director of her new music and tolerance project, Dainos for Diversity, and studying vocal performance in the studio of Sigutė Stonytė at the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy.

Her music studies and human rights work, both extensions from her work as a Fulbright Fellow in 2010-2011, are supported by a grant from the United States Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Ms. Šaras graduated Magna cum laude with Departmental Honors from Wellesley College in May 2010 as a double major in Anthropology and Music, focusing her studies on Classical vocal performance. She performs in Lithuania at various events and concerts sponsored by The American Center, and over the last year, she has performed in the Rokiškio Classical Music Festival, the Sacred Music Festival, and at Vilniaus Rotusė.