08/04/2025
Thank you Darrell Smith and DL Smith Ignites for choosing The Leaders Institute to be a part of your pre-school-year Wellness and Team Building Program for the staff and faculty at Burney Elementary School. I have never been a part of a more meaningful program, or worked with a more deserving group.
Darrell Smith's inspirational key note on wellness and self-care fit perfectly with our Amazing Builders team building activity, which emphasizes good communication and team work, and also the power of laughter and having fun. Something everyone in this group clearly appreciated (and needed) with the new school year just around the corner.
And then there was the donation of 15 new backpacks, filled with school supplies, for some deserving Burney students, which was just icing on the cake!
01/21/2024
Fantastic Build-A-Bike® with JMW Consultants last week in sunny Miami! Such a great team, and so much fun to work with!
02/20/2023
Hi everyone, check out my Intercultural Competence newsletter on LinkedIn! Here’s my first article “10 Key Japanese Values and Beliefs You Should Know”
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05/02/2020
Hi Everyone, I just launched a Kickstarter for my children’s book "The Magical Forest"! While not technically an ESL work, rhyming books are a great way to teach children English, writing, and self expression, so it fits well with my other projects.
"The Magical Forest" is a fairy tale about the magic of Nature, and forests in particular, and it's also environmentally friendly: I'm using eco-friendly paper and buying carbon offsets to cover its shipping footprint. It's key themes are Nature, Courage, and Redemption.
Please check it out and consider sharing it with your magical friends!
The Magical Forest | A Children's Book
An environmentally-friendly, 48-page fantasy picture book about brave children, redemption, and the magic of nature.
04/13/2020
“You have to wear a mask,” they said. To which I replied, “Make it a black one then, biatches!”