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Fourth World is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to
creativity, thoughtful conversation and collaborative work.
Meet Some of our Members
** Alejandro is an award winning pianist, composer and educator. Born and raised in Mexico City, Sabre started playing the piano at age 4. He has performed extensively throughout Mexico, the United States AS WELL AS in Europe and Asia. cURRENTLY, hE IS pROFESSOR OF pIANO AND mUSIC tHEORY at Modesto Junior College in Northern California. He is the founder and director of Music Lives! AND holds degrees from Mexico’s National School of Music, Carnegie Mellon University and the Eastman School of Music where he earned a doctoral degree in piano performance & literature with a minor in music theory.
** SAL Recently Served as Finance Director of The Faith & Politics Institute, a Washington D.C. non-profit that inspires Members of Congress to Engage in Civil Dialogue for the good of our nation. He is currently Director of Operations at Quorum Analytics. previously, SAL served as the deputy chief financial officer at Yemen Cable TV and head of finance at HRTC in Yemen. A volunteer Firefighter, He also worked in the office of Congressman Dennis Cardoza and received the W.H. Capps Award for achievement at the University of California in the study of religion and public life.
** Marianela immigrated twenty years ago to the United States from Chile (Where she was a travel agent). She has worked for general electric in Arizona and a Spanish-language publication (Now: Hoy - Chicago Tribune) in Chicago and now volunteers to teach spanish at a local school. marianela is a photographer and gardener and she and her husband raise their children by insisting on family meal time.
** Bert is professor emeritus of American literature from Arizona State University, where he taught for thirty years. His academic specialties are American sea fiction and Charles Darwin's influence on American fiction. His books in these fields are Sea-Brothers: the Tradition of American Sea Fiction from Moby-Dick to the Present (U of Penn, 1988), The Descent of Love: Darwin and the Theory of Sexual Selection in American Fiction, 1871 - 1926 (U of Penn, 1996), and Evolution and "the Sex Problem": American Fiction during the Eclipse of Darwinism (Kent State, 2004). He is also an emeritus commercial fisherman, having owned and operated fishing boats in the salmon fishery in Cook Inlet, Alaska, from 1963 to 1992, as described in his memoir, Catching the Ebb: Drift-fishing for a Life in Cook Inlet (Oregon State UP, 2008).
** Michael is a teacher-trainer with ACLE (Associazione Culturale Linguistica Educational), writer & editor living in rome, italy. Over the last twenty years, he has lived in Russia, Turkey, Ethiopia & Indonesia & has extensively traveled the globe. His professional interests include humanistic education, action research & educational coaching; his passions include archaeology & history.
** John is Executive Director at Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Former head of Middle & Upper Schools at Harrisburg Academy in Central Pennsylvania, Here he oversees the IB Diploma Programme and the Centers for Experiential Learning & Innovation. John holds degrees in Secondary Mathematics and Education and has completed a School Administration program at Santa Clara University. He has taught mathematics and science and has spent years leading professional development for math teachers with the California Association of Independent Schools and with charter, independent, and international schools.
** javiera studied High school at Colegio Almendral and now attends Universidad de Chile (Santiago). proud of her Mapuche Heritage, she also is an avid reader & youth excursion leader. Recently, she was named a cultural ambassador to Mexico and pursued a learning exchange with mayan & nahual cultures.
** Ramez, from Cairo, Egypt, is a Globe-Trotting teacher of physics, Astronomy, Mathematics and french. He was a former NASA Simulation mission commander (2009-2010) for the challenger Education Center in New Mexico; he currently lives and teaches at a private school in Argentina.
** Megan attends Walla Walla University and loves soccer, water polo, wake-boarding, music & photography. Megan says she "loves writing because whenever you write, it can be compared to a journey, you start with nothing & sometimes you don’t really know where you would like to go." on her second Fourth World learning exchange in hawaii, Megan focused on the traditions of polynesia as a comparison to the worldviews of judaism, christianity and islam.
** Jeff is the Lead Instructor for the Humanities and Science High School in Tempe and Phoenix, Arizona. Jeff earned a Liberal Arts and a Masters Degree in Higher Education from the University of Arizona. Prior to 1997, Jeff worked at the Arizona Department of Education where he was responsible for program management and policy implementation. born and raised in Tucson, he has worked in public education for more than 30 years.
** javi, a Recent high school student From colegio teresiano enrique de osso, She now attends Universidad Adres Bello in Santiago, Chile. In 2016, She attended the first Fourth World Learning Exchange in Northern California, calling it "a gift for me." She explains: "One of my interests is science, so I’m constantly asking questions to either understand or learn new things."
** Vicente, a Recent honors student at Sonora High School (california), he now attends the University of California at Berkeley to study neuroscience and biological anthropology. he plays the saxophone, enjoys reading & soccer & hopes to also be an author one day. "I believe," he says, "that fourth World cooperative Is a place to enrich one's experiences & learn from perspectives of others."
** Liberty is a talented singer & student from Northern California who has been involved in several Fourth World Learning Exchanges. Currently, she studies Neuroscience at the University of California, Los Angeles. liberty joined the group to yosemite National park and attending the learning exchange in KAUAI. Now, when not playing water polo, at school or enjoying creative writing, quilting, painting, traveling & cooking, she can be found practicing the piano, guitar or ukulele.
** GLEN has experience in online publishing and print media contributions for several national media outlets. His focus is the "rock and roll" artist--be it musician, producer, engineer or film maker. currently a member in good standing of the International Federation of Journalists. glen lives in Northern california with his wife, a Nurse at Oakland Children's hospital.
**KARLA independently home-schooled her two sons. SHE Has a Master’s of Science degree in Education Psychology and is a Doctorate candidate with a concentration in Humanities. Through literature co-op classes, she works with students to gain critical reading and critical writing skills and she is an active member of several Toastmasters clubs. She and her husband, Kyle, teach competitive mock trial and Her favorite pastimes include reading, writing, knitting, backpacking, gardening and playing board games.
** ADDIE is considered going into journalism, publishing & travel writing. Currently attending Columbia College in northern california, she loves to read, enjoys research and is an excellent athlete. In 2017, she participated in the Yosemite learning exchange so as to hone her already excellent reading, writing and conversational skills.
KAUAI LEARNING EXCHANGE JUNE 2018
