Lowrey is the Pihakis Foodways Documentary Filmmaker. She is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and in May of 2015 she completed her MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts at Duke University. Ava has been featured in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and on CNN, and her short documentaries have screened at festivals across the country. A native of Alexander City, Alabama, Lowrey’s films often focus on her southern roots, sharing untold stories centered in the South.