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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
Angela Gunder

Angela Gunder

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
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
Bassem El Bendary

Bassem El Bendary

Co-facilitator, 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

Co-facilitator, 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
Chris Gilliard

Chris Gilliard

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Chris Millson

Chris Millson

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
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
Danielle Dubien

Danielle Dubien

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Dave Cormier

Dave Cormier

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Deborah Kronenberg

Deborah Kronenberg

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Delphine Dall'Agata

Delphine Dall’Agata

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
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
Doreen Mutune

Doreen Mutune

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
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
Fatima Maatwk

Fatima Maatwk

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, 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
Giovanna de Oliveira Andreotti

Giovanna de Oliveira Andreotti

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
Jamiella Brooks

Jamiella Brooks

Co-facilitator, 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
JT Torres

JT Torres

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Julie Gamberg

Julie Gamberg

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

Co-facilitator, 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
Kate Bowles

Kate Bowles

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
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
Lance Eaton

Lance Eaton

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, 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

Co-facilitator, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, 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
Marie Louise Williams

Marie Louise Williams

Co-facilitator, 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
Rebekah Bennetch

Rebekah Bennetch

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

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

Co-facilitator, 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
Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti

Vanessa Andreotti

Co-facilitator, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies
Virna Rossi

Virna Rossi

Co-facilitator, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
Headshot of Yasser Atef, a smiling Egyptian man with short dark hair on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Yasser Tamer

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

Yumeng Yang

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