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Learn more about our organization and get to know our board members!


About Capturing Courage

Capturing Courage was founded by Erin Iozzi, former NICU mom to a 24-week micro-preemie and professional photographer. Prior to the birth of her son, Joseph, Erin was the owner and operator of her own professional photography business for six years. As a photographer and NICU mom, she wanted to have professional photographs of her new family, but due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding Joseph's birth and his lengthy stay at the NICU, a newborn family photo session never happened. Six months into Joseph's hospital stay, Erin and her family were blessed by a photographer who volunteered her time to take photos of families in the NICU. This gift meant so much to Erin that she decided she wanted to offer these services to any NICU families who are interested.

How It Works

 Erin will meet you at the hospital and enter the NICU as your guest. There are a couple forms to fill out giving Capturing Courage permission to photograph your family. Your session will take anywhere from 20-45 minutes. Your photos will be retouched and a CD will be mailed to your home within two weeks of your photo session. Currently there is no limit on the number of sessions allowed per family, we just ask that you are respectful of the needs of other families and try to limit photo sessions to bi-monthly family portraits and big events (first bottle feed, birthday, going home, etc.)
To request a session, please contact Erin at 614-951-9220 or  eriniozzi@capturingcouragephotography.org with your request.

You will also need to complete the forms below:
capturing_courage_parentauth-release.pdf
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capturing_courage_parentconsent.pdf
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Meet the Board

Capturing Courage is run by a team of individuals who understand the NICU experience and have a passion for providing support and services to families in the NICU. 
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Erin Iozzi
Founder & President

Erin is a professional photographer and a former NICU mom to a 24-week micro-preemie. She founded Capturing Courage in April of 2018 after being inspired by an experience she had as a new NICU mom.
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Nichole Pemberton
Vice President

Nichole is an IT Project Manager with more than 20 years of experience. Her son Quentin was born at 25 weeks and spent almost a year in the NICU. 

Nichole is passionate about providing support to NICU families and is excited to help carry 
out the mission of Capturing Courage.
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Shana Richards
Financial Coordinator

Shana is a mother to two former NICU babies. She currently serves as the Events Manager at
Mettler-Toledo, LLC.
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Shana's roles at Capturing Courage include coordinating fundraising and marketing efforts.
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Kendra Lupton
Board Member

Kendra is a Client Service Associate at Birchcreek and is extremely active in her local community. She's involved with SouthBrook Church, the Black Oak Swim Club and Centerville City Schools PTO.

​She has two daughters, Kinsey and Kora.
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Laura Dungan
Business Consultant

A grandmother of three, including a 24 week micro preemie, Laura loves to witness the joy of NICU families resulting from the services provided by Capturing Courage.
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She recently retired with 43 years of experience as a registered nurse in critical care nursing, utilization management, physician contracting, and claims impact analysis.
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Krysten Kendall
Board Member

Krysten joined the Capturing Courage team because she is passionate about supporting families during their NICU journey.
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Her commitment to Capturing Courage helps us continue to provide the best services possible to NICU families.
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Capturing Courage © 2022
4130 Cloudberry Court, Hilliard, OH 43026
eriniozzi@capturingcouragephotography.org
​(614) 951-9220

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