SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2026
Panelist, “Exploring the Interplay of Storytelling and Narrative,” Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows Forum (April 2026)
2024
Panelist, “Lessons from the Early Childhood Education Beat,” EWA National Seminar (May 2024)
Moderator, “How AI Could Aid the Early Educator Workforce,” SXSW EDU (March 2024)
Panelist, “Telling the Stories of Early Childhood Education: Journalists Share Their Perspectives,” NAEYC Public Policy Forum (February 2024)
2023
Moderator, Fireside Chat with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, RISE Summit (May 2023)
Moderator, “Why Investing in Edtech Evidence Matters,” ASU+GSV Summit (April 2023)
Moderator, “Building Sustainable Early Childhood Education,” SXSW EDU (March 2023)
2022
Moderator, “Rising to the Child Care Challenge,” EWA National Seminar (July 2022)
Moderator, “How COVID-19 Changed the Early Childhood Workforce,” SXSW EDU (March 2022)
2021
Panelist, “Shop Talk: Feature Stories,” Education Writers Association (May 2021)
Panelist, “Child Care and the Media,” NAEYC Public Policy Forum (February 2021)
Moderator, “Zero to Three” early childhood seminar, Education Writers Association (January 2021)
2020
Moderator, Forum on AI Education and Workforce Readiness (December 2020)
Moderator, Education Writers Association’s webinar on student data privacy during remote learning (October 2020)
Speaker, “Biography of a Story,” Miami University journalism program (October 2020)
Moderator, Educators’ social-emotional well-being during the pandemic, EdSurge webinar (April 2020)
2019
Speaker, “Hear My Story,” WISE Summit in Doha, Qatar, (November 2019)
Moderator, EdSurge “Immersion” in New York, NY (September 2019)