Ms. Atsuko Quirk

Documentary Filmmaker and Environmental Advocate
Serves as Cafeteria Culture (CafCu) Digital Media Producer and Cafeteria Ranger Program Director, as well as a documentary filmmaker and environmental advocate, living in New York City. She is the director and producer of Microplastic Madness, Cafeteria Culture’s feature documentary, with additional credits as cinematographer and editor. Her documentary, “Its Everybody’s Ocean” won Best Documentary Short at NYC International Film Festival in 2014 and has been screened in film festivals in ten cities around the world. The movie conveys the importance of quality school mealtime and has inspired international audiences of students, educators, and school food leaders, as well as Cafcu’s own zero waste cafeteria programs.