We’re just a little over two weeks away from Ignite Education Lab, our fourth annual storytelling event — and we want you to meet our speakers.
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Kari O’Driscoll
The Power of Perspective
Kari is a native of the Pacific Northwest, the mother of two teenage daughters and a huge fan of teenagers in general. She founded The SELF Project to promote mindfulness, self-awareness and critical thinking in teens, and to strengthen parent-teen relationships. She has worked in mental health and education and writes about parenting, social justice and education for print and online outlets. Her forthcoming textbook, “One Teenager at a Time,” is a social-emotional education curriculum designed for middle and high schools.
Raúl Sánchez
From the Seed to the Fruit
Raúl Sánchez is a translator currently working on the Spanish version of his inaugural collection, “All Our Brown-Skinned Angels,” which was nominated for the 2013 Washington State Book Award in Poetry. He is currently a poetry mentor for the PONGO Teen Writing Project in the King County Juvenile Detention Center and a teacher for Seattle Arts & Lectures’ Writers in the Schools program. He is also a Jack Straw Poetry Mentor at Denny International Middle School.
Ricky Robertson
Broken But Also Whole
Ricky Robertson is an educator, author and consultant who supports schools in developing trauma-informed systems that foster educator and student mental health and resilience. Through professional development, Ricky invites educators to explore and apply the principles of trauma-informed care, restorative justice and culturally-responsive pedagogy. Ricky co-authored the book “Building Resilience in Students Impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Whole-Staff Approach.”
Ryan Healy
Can I See You After Class?
Ryan Healy is originally from Olympia and has taught for 13 years at Ridgeline Middle School in Yelm, Thurston County. There, he helped develop a transformative student-leadership program focused on social and emotional learning skills and character development. His work focuses on giving as many students as possible access to those skills. He serves other organizations and many of his former students and colleagues long after they have left his school. He is fond of saying relationships matter and even more fond of trying to provide others with the tools to build great relationships.
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