The Founder & Creative Director of The AM Project on using digital art and music to prepare young people for success in school and life. 

School Stories

Season 2 - Episode 2, A New Way to Look & Listen, featuring Louis Cardenas

Our first episode of Season 2 features Abigail Cram! Abigail has spent the past fourteen years working for architecture and design firms on education projects Spanning PK-12 to higher education for both public and private schools. Abigail is passionate about designing flexible and enlivening spaces for 21st century teaching and learning. She designs to encourage critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. It’s pretty obvious why she was the perfect guest for this podcast. 

Season 2 - Episode 1, Design to Create Belonging, featuring Abigail Cram

Ryan York tells us about his proposed K-12 Public School, The Gathering Place, and why it seeks to celebrate every child's inner-brilliance. We cover the importance of creativity to self-actualization, social-emotional well being, community building, and authentic & valuable learning experiences in school. 

Episode #10, "Celebrating Every Child's Inner-Brilliance," featuring Ryan York

Gabbie Gamez is the founder of Annie Creative Studio for Wellness. Annie’s is a the coalescing of her experience as a teacher, an artist, and art therapist! She’s worked in classrooms, art studios, and hospital units. Gabbie is passionate about using the arts to serve students of all ability levels. I’m excited for you all to hear more about who she is and the impact of her work on student’s lives! Enjoy. 

Episode #9, "Draw it, Dance it, Play it, Write it," featuring Gabbie Gamez

An Interview featuring Christina Cate, Founder & Designer at Cate Creative

Episode #8, "Go Deep to Get Strong," featuring Christina Cate

Sarah talks about the role of creativity in her schooling, business, and personal life.

Episode #7, "Innovation Happens at the Boundary of Disparate Things," Featruing Sarah Woolsey

Paul Morrissey is the Founder & Executive Director of Compass Rose, a tuition free public charter school network in San Antonio with an innovative approach to college and life readiness. Compass Rose offers  computer programming, engineering, and entrepreneurship programs that set it apart from other college prep charters. Paul is super in touch with how his own story and how it informs his work as an educator. he’s reflective about his leadership, a quality that comes through in our conversation, and he’s passionate about building schools that support kids in blazing their trail and building their dreams. 

Episode #6, "Everybody Has Something Inside of Them," Featuring Paul Morrissey

This episode features artist & arts educator, Katie Pell. Katie has a way of speaking that's direct, incisive, raw, and just FUNNY. If you've seen her art, you know it's all those things, too. Katie was super willing to get abstract, which I love. We talked somewhat philosophically about education and the act of making art. And, most importantly, she's comfortable with the vulnerable. I thank her for opening up about the hard things in her life and how she's moving through them. I hope you enjoy! Check out Katie's work at katiepellart.com.

Episode #5, Art as Analysis, Featuring Katie Pell

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to the school stories podcast. This episode of School Stories features Alejandro Perez-Segnini! Alejandro is the co-founder and creative director at Chamoy Creative, a advertising & marketing agency in San Antonio with a knack for connecting with the hispanic & millennial market. Alejandro is a ball of creative energy, he seems to vibrate with excitement about the work he's doing at Chamoy, and It's contagious. Enjoy! 

Episode #4, "Everybody Has Their Own Way," Featuring Alejandro Perez-Segnini

In this episode, I interview Blanca Luna, the administrator at The Circle School. The Circle School is a co-op style school in San Antonio, Texas. Blanca discusses the importance of trust in building healthy communities, viewing kids and parents as whole people, and the power of empathy in leadership. Enjoy! 

Episode #3, "A Place to be Fully You" featuring Blanca Luna

In the second episode of School Stories, I interview Ashley Martinez, the owner of Alamo City Yoga. As a business owner, yogi, dancer, mom, & wife, Ashley's relationship to creativity is truly EXPANSIVE. 

Episode #2 -"So Many Ways to Live a Life" featuring Ashley Martinez

Hi! Welcome to the School Stories podcast. I'm so glad you're here! School Stories is a podcast about creative people and their relationships with school. In the debut episode, I interview my friend, colleague, and overall kindred spirit, Anthony Gorden. An educator, poet, and DJ, he is the product of a fascinating upbringing that points to the connection between school & creative identity. 

Episode #1, "I Am Poetry" featuring Anthony Gordon

School Stories is a podcast about creative people and their relationships with school. I interview friends, colleagues, and strangers about how school did – or did not – support their growth as a creative person. We discuss how school informs who we become in unexpected ways, and what we wish for education moving forward. At School Stories, we know that our identities are wrapped up in our schooling experiences, and we’re eager to learn from those experience so we can do better for creative kids everywhere, because we know creative kids are all kids.

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