Hi! I’m Vero.
I make complex ideas accessible through serious play. I’m always looking for collaborations that celebrate and expand my background as a design strategist, non-profit professional, artist, and educator.
I’m also a Sparkle Monster.
“Low moods and dull colors cower in her presence, all the world stops to watch in amazement as she singlehandedly wipes out every last trace of negative energy in just one bling-filled blow. Mere mortals watch in amazement as she sits in her cave of glitter as she creates her newest collection of smile-inducing, frown-crushing inventions and artworks. She is the one and only Sparkle Monster!”
In a beautiful farewell speech, one of my 14-year-old students gifted me the name of Sparkle Monster. It’s the best teaching evaluation I’ve ever received.
My collaborative classrooms simultaneously serve students across age and skill level to celebrate each individual learner. During my years teaching middle and high school, my co-teacher and I introduced a new tradition to our school: naming every graduating 8th grader’s superpower and creating a superhero persona based on their unique skills and affinities. When our school closed, our students honored us in this same way.
As a historian, designer, and artist, I of course care about imparting discipline-specific content. But in every course I’ve ever designed and taught, my overarching goal has been to connect to others and to create a learning environment where students feel confident in themselves, trust their own passions, and joyously honor everyone in our learning community.
I apply this same philosophy to all that I do.
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Exhibitions and cultural experiences curated and facilitated
35+
Courses and workshops designed and taught for middle school, high school, and university-level learners
Over $300K
Raised for nonprofit clients through grant writing and sustainable development initiatives