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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
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
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