We are Narratives in Practice. We do thoughtful, ethical story work.
Our
Values
Respect
For people’s memories and authentic voice, ongoing consent, and the strength and agency exhibited by those who share their lived experiences.
Trust
In the time it takes to cultivate genuine connections and build relationships, and in storytelling and oral tradition as sources of truth.
Excellence
In our comprehensive approach to every stage of storytelling work, from interview technique and narrative design to professional archiving and strategic dissemination, ensuring projects meet the highest standards while serving communities effectively.
Accessibility
In every one of the customizable workshops and consultation services tailored to each organization's unique needs, with options for in-person or virtual delivery, making storytelling available to diverse companies, organizations, educational institutions, and community groups
Meet our Founder & CEO
Fanny Julissa Garcia is the Founder & CEO of Narratives in Practice, LLC, providing trauma-informed oral history services and training to organizations and communities committed to ethical storytelling and social change. With over twenty years of experience amplifying marginalized voices, she specializes in developing narrative projects that center dignity, agency, and the complexity of human experience.
Fanny holds an MA in Oral History from Columbia University and has trained more than 1,000 practitioners across the Americas in trauma-informed interviewing techniques and applied oral history, which directs research toward community impact rather than archival preservation alone. Her approach draws on decades of work with communities affected by displacement, war, and state-inflicted violence, with particular expertise in immigration, family separation, and the impact of border policy.
She developed "Separated: Stories of Injustice and Solidarity," an award-winning project that received the Oral History Association's Emerging Crisis Fund Award and a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship. Her experience includes serving as Editorial Program Manager at Voice of Witness, a human rights organization amplifying marginalized voices through oral history. She has partnered with institutions including Columbia University, NYU, Barnard College, and American University, and has presented her work internationally with the International Oral History Association.
Through Narratives in Practice, Fanny offers oral history project development, interviewer training, ethical story collection, and narrative consultation for companies, organizations, and individuals seeking to document lived experience with care and rigor. She brings narrative architecture to social justice work, helping organizations build storytelling strategies that honor complexity and create lasting impact.
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“Stories have the power to inform and educate, shape public narratives, and impact policy.”
Projects & Publications
Explore a curated collection of our work in ethical storytelling. Each project reflects our commitment to trauma-informed practice and community-centered narrative development.
Money Talks: Narrator Compensation in Oral History Landmark article on compensation for interviewees.
Oral history project about immigrant family separation in the U.S.
Article for Narrative Initiative on the role of oral history in policy advocacy.
Interviews for the San Juan Hill Oral History Project for Landmark West!
Interview on oral history for Apinán: Nosotros Los Lencas a documentary about the Honduran Indigenous Lenca people.
The Path Home, an oral history and education project about the labor activism that lead to the passage of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act.