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| vicki abadesco! | [back to top] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vicki abadesco! is an expert educator and program consultant with over 20 years of leadership work with schools and organizations throughout the United States and abroad. Her extensive work with a wide diversity of thousands of youth and adults allows her to have a constant pulse on what people need to be launched into lifelong success and growth. Her expertise and training includes individual and group level counseling, conflict resolution, crisis intervention and accelerated learning techniques. She has written, created and produced several life skills curriculum manuals and activity card decks, including Leadership: Truth or Dare and Mentor Magic. vicki! is also the developer for the companion curriculum to the College Life 101 internet radio talk show for students, distributed to First Year Experience educators from more than 50 schools across the nation. |
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| Joseph Savage | [back to top] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| is a California credentialed teacher who has been working in education for over 20 years. He believes that educating the whole person and creating a safe environment are imperative to having successful learning experiences. In addition to his classroom teaching his educational accomplishments include directing student generated plays, training conflict resolution skills for youth and adults, conducting school wide assemblies on peace and creating practical curriculum. As a teacher, Joseph is known for crafting nurturing and academically focused atmospheres for his students. As a teacher coach/mentor he is supportive and inspiring. In addition to his educational experience he has written, performed, and directed theater productions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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Daniel Bruno |
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Daniel is an award winning actor and musician from the Bay Area. His work in the arts branched out to teaching acting and directing plays for children a few years ago, and eventually led him to Soul Shoppe, where Daniel feels right at home. Daniel brings with him over twenty years experience, a boat-load of passion and a whole lotta love. |
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Melanie Hopson |
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Melanie has enjoyed a variety of positions in community organizations. For 25 years she has worked in school districts, summer and day camps, non-profits, the YMCA, and various ecumenical settings. Melanie is extremely skilled at creating systems and advancing great ideas. She’s one of those people who can’t help but be organized and detail-oriented. |
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Amy MacClain |
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| Amy MacClain is a Bay Area Native whose extensive experience with youth includes substitute teaching, directing plays, leading youth camps, bilingual tutoring (Spanish/English), sports coaching and most recently parenting! As a mother and community leader, Amy co-founded a child care co-operative based on conscious intentional parenting, teaching toddlers how to express their feelings positively and listen to each other (yes! this is possible!) while providing a supportive environment for parents to explore how they were parented in an effort to create the most nurturing and educational space for the entire community. Amy has trained in conflict resolution, Re-Evaluation Counseling and social oppression work. She is also a singer/songwriter with over 10 years performing experience. She is delighted to bring all of her experience together to lead powerful workshops and assemblies for schools. |
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Carrie Santi |
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is an web designer and developer, and has been doing so since 1992. Her backgorund is in journalsim design, but she began tackling web design in 1997 when she started working at an on-line magazine in Chicago. Carrie left those chilly streets in 2000 only to find her independent colleagues setting up shop in San Franciso. Carrie blissfully enjoys her life and work in the Bay Area & has been fortunate to be the resident designer for Soul Shoppe since they opened their doors in 2000. See more of her work.
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