Ajay Noronha
Ajay thrives on diversity. He is a cinematographer, documentary film maker, an educator and a visual-arts facilitator based in Hyderabad, India. His passion for telling a story using images has taken him across the world in varied contexts – television shows, documentaries, feature films, video art installations, international youth peace camps and cross-cultural educational workshops. His vision is […]
Muzhda Ghulam
Muzhda got her BA in English language and literature from Kabul university in Afghanistan and then pursued her Master’s degree in educational leadership and management in her country. Due to her passion in teaching English, she pursued another master degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Ball State University in Indiana […]
Tarek Maassarani
Tarek (he/they) is passionate about orienting the inner-self, communities, and institutions towards mutual liberation and transformation on the basis of self-reflection, empathy, critical awareness, and strategic nonviolence. Tarek currently contributes to capacity building, networking, and program development around the integration of restorative justice, primarily, in Washington D.C. Tarek has a decade of experience in mediation, […]
Molly Josephs
Molly Josephs is a project-based educator who, with an inspiring team of teenagers, founded and runs the podcast This Teenage Life, which features personally meaningful topics that are particularly resonant with teens, preteens, parents, and educators. Molly has spent the past decade teaching middle and high school biology and computer science, and designing project-based curricula. Since […]
Maria Ireland
Maria is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has worked at the intersection of education and international affairs throughout her career, both in the United States and abroad. Before graduate school, Maria worked on The Fletcher School at Tufts University’s mid-career Global […]
Iddo Felsenthal
Iddo is a teacher and educator. For over a decade, he has taught history, civics, and Arabic, and has served as a grade coordinator, subject coordinator, and homeroom teacher at the Sieff and Marks School (Ziv) in Jerusalem. In these roles, he has worked to integrate current affairs into the curriculum, with an emphasis on […]
Mohamed Ebeid
Mohamed is from Cairo, Egypt. He is the father of a beautiful young lady and a husband to a wonderful woman. He’s been working as a teacher in international schools in Egypt since 1997. In 2010 he earned his “Tourist Guide Licence ” because of his love for the ancient Egyptian civilization and strong love […]
Lisa DeSantiago
Lisa is an urban animal who resides at the intersections of all that is not white, male and straight in the United States. She is a non-formal educator who works with BIPOC youth and teens in Chicago afterschool programs. She sees these programs as a space for her students to apply the knowledge they gain […]
Emilia Dahlin
Throughout a twenty-year musical performing career that has taken her through the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Europe, Emilia Dahlin has made a home in Wabanaki Territory (Maine). Known for strong storytelling sensibilities and memorable performances, Emilia garnered many national awards, from Telluride Troubadour, Winner of the Starbucks Music Makers Competition. She’s partnered with organizations such […]
Nishat Alikhan
Nishat is a Southern California based elementary school educator. She’s dedicated to creating an environment where every student feels seen, heard, valued, and safe. She serves her community in a variety of ways including being a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion leader at her school site, being an active chef in the Homey Made Meals initiative […]