MELANIE MORENO...DREAMER AND CREATOR
MY DREAM...
Melanie Moreno is the founder of The Global Schoolhouse, as well as a public school principal and {MOTHER}. She loves authentic learning , appreciates art and design, and dances to music whenever and wherever she can! Her parents taught her about integrity, humility and pursuing one's dreams and now she wants the whole world to experience it. She wants to change the world...one child at a time! She believes this can be done through connecting students from all parts of the world in order to provide authentic learning opportunities and forge avenues for communication so young people can discuss issues affecting their own lives. It is my dream that through the power of {CONNECTION} we can provide educational opportunities for all and {TRANSFORM} lives in the process. As a mother, I want MORE for my children than what current the current public education system can provide. I want them to learn about the world from others through AUTHENTIC conversation and experiences!
Image taken by the magnificent Meg Reul Photography.
Melanie Moreno is the founder of The Global Schoolhouse, as well as a public school principal and {MOTHER}. She loves authentic learning , appreciates art and design, and dances to music whenever and wherever she can! Her parents taught her about integrity, humility and pursuing one's dreams and now she wants the whole world to experience it. She wants to change the world...one child at a time! She believes this can be done through connecting students from all parts of the world in order to provide authentic learning opportunities and forge avenues for communication so young people can discuss issues affecting their own lives. It is my dream that through the power of {CONNECTION} we can provide educational opportunities for all and {TRANSFORM} lives in the process. As a mother, I want MORE for my children than what current the current public education system can provide. I want them to learn about the world from others through AUTHENTIC conversation and experiences!
Image taken by the magnificent Meg Reul Photography.
JESSICA CUTHBERTSON...EDUCATOR AND BLOGGER
Jessica Cuthbertson is a passionate educator and blogger. She is also a colleague and friend of Melanie Moreno, founder of The Global Schoolhouse. A native of Colorado, Jessica's loving and supportive family raised her with a commitment to social justice and gender equality. This passion area deepened during her undergraduate studies at Regis, a Jesuit university who encourages and supports its students to become: "Men and women in the service of others." As a middle school teacher, she strives to connect her students to texts that help them explore the human experience and a wide variety of cultures and contexts. With Moreno's support and leadership, she will travel to Kenya this summer and launch work with The Global Schoolhouse. Inspired by Moreno's passion, the "Half the Sky" movement, and the recent film, Girl Rising, her dream is to transform the public education system by connecting students in the developing and developed world. She believes firmly if you, "Educate a woman, you educate a nation," and she would like to be at the center of changing the lives of women, children and societies on both continents.