About Pam

Since 1988, Pam Faro has earned her living (supported her family!) by offering top-quality storytelling performances and workshops. From the symphonic stage of the Colorado Music Festival to city-wide literacy programs in Phoenix to canoe trips down Colorado's rivers, from district-wide teacher inservices to arts festivals with audiences numbering many hundreds, Colorado storyteller Pam Faro has performed and taught throughout the West and beyond; including schools, libraries, churches and theaters from Chicago to Aspen, from New Orleans and Phoenix to Jackson Hole. She was chosen to represent the seven-state Western Region at the 1992 National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place in Jonesborough, Tennessee.

She has served on the board of the international Network of Biblical Storytellers, and now is editor of the Journal of Biblical Storytelling. She received her B.A. in music with teacher certification from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and her Master of Divinity degree from Iliff School of Theology in Denver. She serves as a consultant/workshop-leader in using storytelling in ministry settings, in addition to her work as a performer/entertainer and an educator.

Pam is a member of the National Storytelling Network, the Network of Biblical Storytellers, the Rocky Mountain Storytellers Conference, and was one of the founding members of the Boulder Storytellers Guild, now the Rocky Mountain Storytellers Guild.

Testimonials

"The fact that she has been sole support of her family by means of storytelling for years and years, speaks volumes of her power and grace as a storyteller!"
—School principal, Chicago

"Hearing her stories made me feel connected to a powerful and important tradition. I found myself drawn into the stories she told, absorbed by the elements of mystique, humor, and wisdom."
—Student, Emory University, Atlanta

"Enjoyed every minute! I couldn't even take a bathroom break for fear I'd miss something."
—Teacher, Denver Public Schools, after a six-hour inservice workshop

"Easily one of the best...An audience favorite, she enthralls adults and kids alike with her beautiful voice, magical music, and warm, playful personality."
—Angel Vigil, Fine Arts Dept. Chair, Colorado Academy, Denver; author of Corn Woman: Stories and Legends of the Hispanic Southwest.

"You sure talk with feling and exitment. You dafanille dont make people fall asleep!"
—Third Grader, Phoenix

"I was glad I was sitting in the back—your story of 'Grandpa's Island' brought such tears to my eyes."
—John Stansfield, Director, Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival