Greg Mizel, Assistant Superintendent for Student Support Services for the Poway Unified School District, discusses the importance of educators’ personal connection to students that create a sense of belonging at school. Mizel chats about the Herman’s Way Project and the correlation between adult expectations and student achievement.

Catherine Breen, Founder of Stay Social Now, and Alex Kisgen, Stay Social’s Director of Operations, chat about the need for adults with special needs to have a social network.  Breen and Kisgen talk about Stay Social Now events and the organization’s vision for the future.

Ted Pawela, Executive Director of The Music Company, discusses the origins of the organization; its mission; and upcoming Music Matters benefit concert on March 15.

Dr. Niki Elliott, Director of the Center for Embodied Equity and Neurodiversity (CEEN) at the University of San Diego’s School of Leadership and Education Sciences, chats about the Center’s mission; the Heart-Centered Connections Certificate Program; and the Higher-Ed Professional Certificate in Trauma-Informed Neurodiversity.

Dawn Hall Cunneen, Managing Partner at Cunneen Booth LLP–a trusts and estates firm — talks about the importance of estate planning at all ages.

Mark Powell, a former Vice President of the San Diego County Office of Education, shares his seven must needed school reforms. 

Sean Boyd, Co-Founder of the Trinity Theatre Company, is joined by Ava, a 13-year-old actress performing in Annie Jr., and Vivian White, who is launching her professional directing debut in Seussification of Romeo & Juliet. Boyd, Ava and White discuss their beginnings in the performing arts.

Joey Landwehr and Noelle Caliguri, actors in the Scripps Ranch Theatre premiere of WHITE, chat about their roles in the James Ijames play and the contemporary themes highlighted in the play.

Bob Lehman, Executive Director of the San Diego Museum Council, and Andrew Utt, Executive Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego, chat about February’s Museum Month that offers free admission to San Diego County museums.  Lehman and Utt are joined by Brian Zumbano, Chief Development and Stewardship Officer for the San Diego Foundation.  Zumbano talks about the Foundation’s partnership with the Museum Council in celebration of the Foundation’s 50th Anniversary.

Christina Luke Luna, Chief Learning Officer for Digital Promises’ Center for Learners Pathways, is joined by Bianca Alvarado, Director of Digital Promises’ San Diego STEM Pathways Initiative, to discuss the mission of Digital Promise; the STEM Pathways Initiative; and the San Diego STEM Pathways Community Advisory Committee.

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