# EmVision Productions

> EmVision Productions is a small, queer woman-of-color-led media agency in Lynn, Massachusetts, that turns complicated public-interest work into human stories. Founded by public-health researcher Dr. Tariana V. Little and musician-turned-filmmaker Jonas Meyer, the company combines strategy, video, photography, workshops, a rentable studio, and a philanthropic grant program. Its customers range from grassroots nonprofits to government agencies, foundations, colleges, healthcare organizations, and corporations; its edge is a research-informed Social Impact Storytelling framework that centers the people most affected rather than treating them as campaign scenery.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founders:** Dr. Tariana V. Little (CEO and Co-Founder), Jonas Meyer (Creative Director and Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 5 core team members; LinkedIn lists 2-10 employees.
- **Products:** Social Impact Storytelling campaigns, Photography, Storytelling workshops and strategy, EmVision Studios, EmVisionary Grants
- **Notable:** Named the 2026 LGBTQ+ Business of the Year by the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce., Dr. Tariana V. Little was selected for the Boston Business Journal's 2026 40 Under 40 class., Named the 2025 U.S. Small Business Administration Massachusetts Microenterprise of the Year.

## Products & services

- **Social Impact Storytelling campaigns** — Full-service strategy and video production from analysis, creative brief, speaker recruitment, and interview design through filming, editing, captions, social cutdowns, and impact-oriented delivery.
- **Photography** — Retainer and one-off lifestyle, headshot, product, corporate, event, and behind-the-scenes photography.
- **Storytelling workshops and strategy** — Facilitated training and planning that helps organizations identify audiences, actions, story angles, interview questions, and distribution afterlife.
- **EmVision Studios** — A roughly 3,400-square-foot production, coworking, meeting, and event space in Lynn with memberships from $300 per month, creative and meeting rentals from $85 per hour, and event rentals from $150 per hour.
- **EmVisionary Grants** — An annual six-to-nine-month collaboration for one or two eligible Greater Boston nonprofits, producing a 2.5-minute mission-and-impact film valued at $30,000 on a sliding contribution scale.
- **Community Portraits** — Partially subsidized collaborative films produced a few times a year around community voices and issues such as housing, climate, medical trust, and LGBTQ+ business.

## Achievements

- Named the 2026 LGBTQ+ Business of the Year by the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce.
- Dr. Tariana V. Little was selected for the Boston Business Journal's 2026 40 Under 40 class.
- Named the 2025 U.S. Small Business Administration Massachusetts Microenterprise of the Year.
- Won the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's 2025 Small Business of the Year award for Cultural Excellence.
- Received a 2025 Comcast RISE grant package.
- Opened EmVision Studios in Lynn in 2023 after purchasing its building with SBA 504-backed financing.
- Reported more than $225,000 in donated pro bono services through EmVisionary Grants since 2020.
- Committed $50,000 to endow the EmVision Social Impact Scholarship Fund at UMass Boston.
- A 2020 fundraising video for the One Chelsea Fund accompanied a campaign that raised more than $1 million at its May debut.
- A Cristo Rey Boston mission video was featured at a 2024 fundraising event that raised more than $1.1 million for student scholarships.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Boston Business Journal featured Tariana Little discussing how chambers can find a social-video narrative that draws attention to local businesses.
- **2026-07** — EmVision Studios hosted a Queer Heroes of the North Shore author reading and documentary screening with United Lynn Pride, supported by a Lynn Cultural Council grant.
- **2026-03** — Tariana Little was named to the Boston Business Journal's 2026 40 Under 40 list.
- **2026-03** — EmVision received the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce's 2026 LGBTQ+ Business of the Year award.
- **2026-01** — The Lynn Cultural Council awarded support for the studio's Cultural Innovation Series.
- **2025-08** — EmVision was selected among 100 Greater Boston recipients of a Comcast RISE grant package.

## Links

- Website: https://www.em.vision/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emvision-productions/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emvisionproductions/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmVisionProductions

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Last updated: 2026-08-21