Artist, educator and writer living with family in Vermont. I coordinate the Global Peace Tiles Project (http://www.peacetiles.net). Formerly a researcher at AmericaSpeaks (http://www.americaspeaks.org) and before that a teacher of urban studies and graphic design at the Booker T. Washington Public Charter High School for Technical Arts (http://www.btwschool.org). I've also taught photography and helped to design a digital photography and web page design curriculum for WiredWoods (http://www.wiredwoods.org).

I've studied at the University of Southern California, Corcoran School of Art, and the School for International Training.

Contribute to learning experiences for young people that cultivate self-discovery and engagement in the world around us; bring about a deeper sense of delight and agency and stewardship - particularly to youth in megacities.

Rem Koolhas
Lars von Trier
Madeline Albright
Nelson Mandela
Bill Clinton
Arundhati Roy
Bill Gates
Mary Robinson

Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, UK, France, India, Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Mali, Portugal, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Zimbabwe

Urban design: the evolution and remaking of cities and what makes a city great.
Arts education: use of the arts to learn about our world, for example photography.
Art and development: understanding how the arts can be a force for social change, for example microenterprise.
Architecture: the design of great space, like the Hagia Sofia and Guggenheim Bilbao - even a FLW house.
Film: great visual storytelling, like "Cyclo" and "Pan's Labyrinth" - even the recent Sony Bravia ads!

English, French