Spark Creators

For this episode, we brought Anne Mayoral, a freelance designer, who started her career as an engineer. Anne is passionate about hands-on, project-based STEAM learning. She develops curriculum that blends science, art, and design as a hook to inspire students to ask questions and seek solutions through play. If you are a parent or educator and who are wondering about how to cultivate makers mind with kids, please come along and listen to what Anne has to say.

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For this episode, we invited Albert Hao, a junior at Aragon High School. He is the president of the Aragon Speech and Debate club, and he is passionate about speech and parliamentary debate. Though still in school, Albert has many startup ideas and also he has ranked eighth in the National Parliamentary Debate League. But how did Albert get involved in entrepreneurship from high school? And what's his secret when it comes to public speaking and speech? Let's tune in and listen what Albert has to share.

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This episode introduces our next series "Spark on the Fly". Host Li also gives you 3 practical tips on how to start out as an Entrepreneur Kid. If you want to learn more about the 3 tips, about this series, and about our guests, please follow along with this episode.

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For this episode, we brought Karla E. Vigil as our guest! Karla co-founded Edu Leaders of Color Rhode Island @eduleadersriand and their newly formed home organization @equityinst. She used to be a 4th-grade teacher and now she serves a bigger mission to help teachers of color to succeed in education. But why creating an impact in education is so important for Karla? Why would she quit her teaching position and what exactly is she trying to do gathering teachers of color in meetups and conferences? Let's tune in and hear what Karla has to say.

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For this episode, we invited Mr. Larry Rosenstock, the founder and CEO of the San Diego-based High Tech High, a network of charter schools and he is also the President of the High Tech High Graduate School of Education. For the past almost 20 years, Larry has grown High Tech High into an educational system that has 16 schools that spread among elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. But how did Larry started High Tech High and what kind of work has he done before he became an educator? Why does project learning so important for him and also HTH? Let's tune in to hear what Larry has to say.

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For this episode, we invited Dr. Yinuo Li, founder of ETU International School. Dr. Li graduated from Tsinghua University and got her Ph.D. degree from UCLA. She used to be a McKinsey partner, now she leads the effort at Gates Foundation in China. Dr. Li and her husband also co-founded a public blog, which has almost a million followers. So how does Yinuo view success? What are the leadership skillsets and mindset for the future? Let's tune in to hear what Yinuo has to say.

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For this episode (Part 2), we invited Dr. Dennis Littky, co-founder and co-director of The Met School, co-founder of Big Picture Learning and founder and President of College Unbound. How did Dennis start so many schools? What kind of challenges did he go through as an entrepreneur and educator? Why leadership and work behind the scene are so important? Let's tune in to see what Dennis has to say.

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For this episode (Part 1), we invited Dr. Dennis Littky, co-founder and co-director of The Met School, co-founder of Big Picture Learning and founder and President of College Unbound. How did Dennis start so many schools? What's his background and what kind of kid he was growing up? Let's tune in to see what Dennis has to say.

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This is a special episode introducing the next series by Li and Yang. We talked about what's coming for our next series "Change Makers in Education", and we discussed many interesting topics related to our own educational experience. Want to know what's coming up for our next series? Stay Tuned for our next 5 episodes on "Change Makers in Education"!

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For this episode, we invited Katherine Commale to join us on Spark. Katherine started donating bed nets to African countries since she was 5 years old. Over the past 13 years, she worked with a non-profit organization called Nothing But Nets and has raised millions of dollars, donated thousands of mosquito nets to save African kids and family from malaria. But where does the story begin? How did Katherine and her family raise money to buy bed nets for African kids? What are some of the milestones she accomplished over the years of caring for kids who die from malaria in Africa?

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