What does science teach us about learning?

My professional journey in photos and articles that have informed my practice as a global educator, researcher, and designer.


Learning is interactive.

Chi, M. T. H. (2009)

Taiwan '09

Japan '11

Liu, et al (2017)

Nicaragua '12



Education improves lives. Education for all

Edgerton et al (2012)

Field Research from The Education Study: Santa Teresa, Nicaragua.

Two boys walk home together after getting books from The Biblioteca Movil.

Borrowing books from the Biblioteca Rosa, Tipitapa, Nicaragua.


Biblioteca Movil study space. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

There's power in collaboration.

Cheruvelil et al. 2014

Guatemala '14

Joy deepens learning.

Immordino-Yang & Damasio, 2007



Guatemala '14

California '17

Learning is iterative. 

Carol Dweck, Growth Mindset

Bruckman, Amy (1999). "Can Educational Be Fun?" Game Developer's Conference, San Jose, California, March 17th, 1999.

Cheruvelil, K.S., Soranno, P.A., Weathers, K.C., Hanson, P.C., Goring, S.J., Filstrup, C.T. and Read, E.K. (2014), Creating and maintaining high-performing collaborative research teams: the importance of diversity and interpersonal skills. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12: 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1890/130001

Chi, M. T. H. (2009). Active-Constructive-Interactive: A conceptual framework for differentiating learning activities. Topics in Cognitive Science, 1, 73–105. doi:1 0.1111/j.1756-8765.2008.01005

Edgerton, Jason & Roberts, Lance & Below, Susanne von. (2012). Education and Quality of Life. 10.1007/978-94-007-2421-1_12. 

Immordino-Yang, M., & Damasio, A. (2007). We feel, therefore we learn: The relevance of affective and social neuroscience to education. Mind, Brain, and Education, 1(1), 3-10. doi:10.1111/j.1751- 228X.2007.00004.x

Liu, C., Solis, S. L., Jensen, H., Hopkins, E. J., Neale, D., Zosh, J. M., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Whitebread (2017). Neuroscience and learning through play: a review of the evidence (research summary). The LEGO Foundation, DK.