Header image with MYFest25, June, July and August 2025 written in the middle. On the right there is the equity unbound logo of a colorful world map and the words 'equity unbound' overlaid and on the left there is the MYFest logo with the colorful blue, pink and purple circle in the middle and the words 'equitable, emergent, caring, community, creative' around the circle.

Guest Facilitators/Speakers

This is a list of previous MYFest22, MYFest23, MYFest24 speakers and upcoming MYFest25 speakers.

Aimee Escalante

Aimee Escalante

Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • California, USA
Alan Levine

Alan Levine

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies, Wellbeing and Joy
  • Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Headshot of Ama Wray, a smiling Black woman with curly dark hair worn up wearing a dark dress and colorful necklace and bracelet, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Ama Wray

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Amy Lin

Amy Lin

Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Andrea Saveri, a smiling white woman with medium-length brown hair and bangs wearing a black and white patterned top and dark-framed eyeglasses, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Andrea Saveri

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Anna Mills, a smiling white woman with long brown hair, wearing a purple top, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Anna Mills

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • California, USA
Headshot of Anuj Gupta, a smiling man with short dark hair and trimmed beard and mustache wearing a white shirt, light-brown suit jacket, and wire-rim eyeglasses on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Anuj Gupta

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Asao Inoue

Asao Inoue

Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • Arizona, USA
Ashley McKeown

Ashley McKeown

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Bassem El Bendary, a smiling man with short dark hair, beard, and mustache wearing a dark shirt and tan jacket, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Bassem El Bendary

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Bonni Stachowiak, a smiling white woman with long blonde hair, wearing eyeglasses, a flowered shirt, and a light pink cardigan, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Bonni Stachowiak

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • California, USA
Bryan Dewsbury

Bryan Dewsbury

Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • Rhode Island
Headshot of Carolyn Ives, a smiling woman with long blonde hair wearing a purplish-blue shirt and a necklace on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Carolyn Ives

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Charles Wotton

Charles Wotton

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
A headshot of Christina Hendricks, a smiling white woman with medium-length, wavy brown hair and dark-rimmed glasses wearing a blue shirt with a silver necklace that has a single round bead on it, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Christina Hendricks

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Vancouver, BC, Canada
Dalal Abo El Seoud

Dalal Abo El Seoud

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
A white woman with her hair (a mix of natural reddish brown with a significant sprinkling of white-grey) tied back, large purple-framed glasses, and an awkward smile. She is wearing a black shirt with a light green cardigan on top and a Goddess Spiral necklace.

Dani Dilkes

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Canada
Daniela Gachago

Daniela Gachago

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Danielle Dubien, a smiling white woman with long dark hair and bangs, wearing a red sweater on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Danielle Dubien

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Danielle Dubien

Danielle Dubien

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Diann Selman, a smiling woman with long, braided dark hair wearing a hat with a wide brim and framed eyeglasses, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Diann Selman

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Erin Osborne-Martin, a smiling white woman with long light-brown hair wearing a dark top and a necklace of roundish beads or stones on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Erin Osborne-Martin

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Femi Omere, a smiling Black man with a goatee and a shaved head wearing rimless eyeglasses and a grey shirt with white embroidery, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Femi Omere

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Headshot of Glenda Cox, a smiling white woman with long blonde hair, wearing a white shirt, turquoise sweater, and dark suit jacket, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Glenda Cox

Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Cape Town, South Africa
Headshot of Hanan Sabry, a smiling woman wearing a dark top, a gold jacket and headscarf, and a necklace and earrings, all on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Hanan Sabry

Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Headshot of Hannah Grossman, a smiling white woman with long brown hair wearing a dark top, light-brown sweater, dark-framed eyeglasses, and a necklace of oblong roundish beads or stones on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Hannah Grossman

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Heather Kretschmer

Heather Kretschmer

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies, Wellbeing and Joy
  • Germany
Heba Fathelbab

Heba Fathelbab

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Heba Salem

Heba Salem

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Hoda Mostafa, a smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a necklace and earrings and a bright red top and scarf over a white shirt, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Hoda Mostafa

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Irene Maweu, a smiling Black woman with short hair, wearing a colorful top, a bright green sweater, and small thick hoop earrings on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Irene Maweu

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies, Wellbeing and Joy
A woman with dark, shoulder-length curly hair and brown skin. She is smiling showing teeth and wearing blue-rimmed oval glasses, silver spherical earrings, and a grey dress.

Jamiella Brooks

Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • Philadelphia, PA
Headshot of Janet Small, a smiling woman with long brown hair wearing a dark blue top and a colorful scarf, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Janet Small

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Jennie Blake, a smiling white woman with long brown hair wearing a purple top on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Jennie Blake

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Manchester, UK
Jon Ippolito

Jon Ippolito

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Photo of Karen Cangialosi, a white woman with glasses, short brown hair, and a huge smile.

Karen Cangialosi

Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • Massachusetts, USA
Karen Costa (white woman wearing glasses in black and white striped shirt crossing her arms).

Karen Costa

Community-building and Community reflection, Emergent, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
A comicbook-style headshot of a white woman with a short light brown hair and blue eyes wearing a blue top, all on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Katherine Yngve

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Kathy Chandler

Kathy Chandler

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Kefah Ayesh

Kefah Ayesh

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies, Wellbeing and Joy
Ken Bauer

Ken Bauer

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • Guadalajara, Mexico
Headshot of Kim Fox, a smiling Black woman with red glasses and hair in locks, wearing a dark top and a necklace and earrings on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Kim Fox

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Laila Elserty

Laila Elserty

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Headshot of Lance Eaton, a white man with a slight smile, black eyeglasses, and brown hair, beard, and mustache on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Lance Eaton

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Laura Dumin, a smiling white woman with short light hair wearing a red shirt and a necklace on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Laura Dumin

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Laura Gibbs

Laura Gibbs

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
  • USA
Laura Syms

Laura Syms

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Headshot of Lauren Butler, a smiling woman with medium length blonde hair and bangs wearing a light blue top, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Lauren Butler

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Lea Sansom

Lea Sansom

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Leon Furze

Leon Furze

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Headshot of Lisa Petrides, a smiling white woman with long blonde hair wearing a dark top and hoop earrings, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Lisa Petrides

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Liz Lehfeldt

Liz Lehfeldt

Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • Ohio, USA
Headshot of Lobna Hassan, a smiling white woman with dark glasses and light hair, wearing a dark suit jacket and black and white shirt on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Lobna Hassan

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Maha Bali Headshot

Maha Bali

Co-facilitator, Co-lead, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies, Wellbeing and Joy
  • Cairo, Egypt
Mariah Fairley

Mariah Fairley

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Mark Marino

Mark Marino

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
  • California, USA
Mark C. Marino and Rob Wittig

Mark Marino & Rob Wittig

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Maya Bialik

Maya Bialik

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Mays Imad

Mays Imad

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Mengzi Li

Mengzi Li

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Mia Zamora, a smiling Filipina woman with long dark hair, resting her cheek on her hand, wearing a dark top and gray sweater, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Mia Zamora

Co-facilitator, Co-lead, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies, Wellbeing and Joy
  • New Jersey, USA
Headshot of Mishka Reddy, a smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a dark top and a light sweater, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Mishka Reddy

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Nadine, a smiling woman with long light hair and green eyes, wearing a striped white and blue sweater on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Nadine Aboulmagd

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Graphics/Branding, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies, Program Manager, Website, Wellbeing and Joy
Nadine Moussa

Nadine Moussa

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Naomi Kasa

Naomi Kasa

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Nicholas Bowskill

Nicholas Bowskill

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Nicola Pallitt

Nicola Pallitt

Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Makhanda, South Africa
Oumaima Elghazali

Oumaima Elghazali

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Headshot of Paul Martin, a smiling man with short blonde hair wearing a dark shirt on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Paul Martin

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Peter Nilsson

Peter Nilsson

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Raghda El Essawi

Raghda El Essawi

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Rania Jabr

Rania Jabr

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Headshot of Rebecca Hogue, a smiling white woman with short dark hair wearing a floral top, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Rebecca J. Hogue

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Website, Wellbeing and Joy
  • Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Canada
Remi Kalir

Remi Kalir

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Headshot of Rima Al-Tawil, a smiling woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a pink suit jacket and wearing framed eyeglasses on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Rima Al-Tawil

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Robin llibasic

Robin llibasic

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Sam Illingworth, a white man with a slight smile and brown hair wearing a suit and bow tie on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Sam Illingworth

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
Sarah is a white woman with medium-length light brown hair. She is wearing a black top, a blue jacket, with a pearl and gold necklace. She is wearing glasses.

Sarah Elaine Eaton

Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Canada
Shahira Yacout

Shahira Yacout

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Shanali Govender

Shanali Govender

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Shaun Longstreet, a smiling man with short white hair, beard, and moustache wearing a dark suit, patterned shirt and red tie on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Shaun Longstreet

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Shyam Sharma

Shyam Sharma

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Soha Elzalabany

Soha Elzalabany

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Headshot of Stella Lee, a smiling East Asian woman with medium-length reddish-brown hair wearing a dark blue sleeveless top and a necklace of roundish stones on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Stella Lee

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Stephanie Moore

Stephanie Moore

Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • New Mexico, USA
Sushilla Knottenbelt

Sushilla Knottenbelt

Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • New Mexico, USA
A comicbook-style avatar of Sybil Priebe, a smiling white woman with long blonde hair wearing a dark top and tan jacket, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Sybil Priebe

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Tai Munro

Tai Munro

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Headshot of Tanja Murphy-Ilibasic, a smiling white woman with light hair, wearing a dark top and a necklace on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Tanja Murphy-Ilibasic

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • Germany
Headshot of Theresa Destrebecq, a smiling white woman with light hair wearing a bright blue top on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Theresa Destrebecq

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
  • France
Tim Fawns

Tim Fawns

Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Melbourne, Australia
Tim Herrick

Tim Herrick

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Torrey Trust, a smiling white woman with dark hair pulled back, wearing a blue dress and a necklace on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Torrey Trust

Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Virna Rossi

Virna Rossi

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Yasser Tamer

Yasser Tamer

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
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