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.

Who We Are

Meet the team. Aren’t they awesome?

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
Alia Attia

Alia Attia

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Wellbeing and Joy
  • Cairo, Egypt
Anne-Marie Scott

Anne-Marie Scott

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Canada
Brenna Clarke Gray

Brenna Clarke Gray

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Kamloops, British Columbia Canada
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
Christy Albright

Christy Albright

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Wellbeing and Joy
  • Albuquerque, NM
George Station

George Station

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice
  • California, USA
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
Heather’s photo shows her head and shoulders. She is smiling a little, and has brown, curly shoulder-length hair and (gasp!) bangs. She’s wearing a black v-neck top. Though they aren’t visible, she also has hearing aids.

Heather Mikkelsen Wright

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Wellbeing and Joy
  • Austin, Texas, USA
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
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
Jim Stauffer

Jim Stauffer

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer
  • Canada
Ken Bauer

Ken Bauer

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Guest Facilitator or Speaker
  • Guadalajara, Mexico
Laura Gibbs

Laura Gibbs

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Wellbeing and Joy
  • USA
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
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 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
Headshot of Nate Angell, a smiling white man with brown hair wearing a blue shirt on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Nate Angell

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Open Education and Digital Literacies
  • Portland, Oregon USA
Nureen Mahmoud

Nureen Mahmoud

Co-organizer, Intern, Website
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
Reem Yaseen

Reem Yaseen

Co-organizer
  • Cairo, Egypt
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
Rissa Sorensen-Unruh

Rissa Sorensen-Unruh

Co-facilitator, Co-lead, Co-organizer, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice, Program Manager, Website, Wellbeing and Joy
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico
Roz Hussin

Roz Hussin

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice
Headshot of Sukaina Walji, a smiling woman with medium-length, dark hair wearing a blue suit jacket over a green shirt and a silver necklace, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Sukaina Walji

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection
  • Cape Town, South Africa
Trayle’s photo shows her head and shoulders. She’s a white lady with straight blonde hair to her chin. She’s sorta smiling, wearing glasses with no frames, and a silver infinity necklace.

Trayle Kulshan

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection, Wellbeing and Joy
  • France
Yasser Tamer

Yasser Tamer

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