LeeAnn Dance is the Co-Producer/Director and Writer of My Dear Children. She is an award winning television producer and groundbreaking investigative reporter. She began working with her co-producer/director Cliff Hackel in CNN’s investigative and documentary unit in Washington, DC, where Dance developed a reputation for thoroughness, tenacity, and creativity. Since leaving CNN, she has worked as a freelance video producer and journalist, taught broadcast journalism at George Mason University, and worked as a producer for the State Department. My Dear Children is the first independent documentary for Dance and Hackel.