Our story

Sometimes it pays to be in the wrong place at the right time. The First Science of Learning Center supported by a $50 million grant from National Science Foundation was finished. Ten years, several tier-one universities including Stanford, Boston, Texas, and the University of Washington College of Education and ILABS (Institute for Learning and Brain Science) were wrapping up their final productions. That is when the miracle happened.

A knock on the door, a few days prior to shutting down the entire program changed my life with a short ‘move’ across campus to the School of Nursing. Who would have thought it - all answers to my education questions came from the school of nursing. It so happened that from this unique perspective on campus, I had access to any and all neuroscientist expertise that i needed in the research project sponsored by the National Institutes for Health. The question was particularly meaningful to me since I had two teenage boys at home: I got to investigate the impact of Marijuana on adolescent brain. It was critical information at a time when the State of Washington was legalizing marijuana.

As liaison for the NIH team, between laboratory scientists on one hand and classroom teachers on the other, I got to implement a five-year intervention that placed me at the epicenter of investigative analysis regarding learning science, neuroscience, and pedagogy. Out of that study came a pedagogic model that is brain-based, a corpus of up-to-the-minute brain science knowledge that is specifically focused on the learning brain, and meaningful everyday methods and practices that work for all learners. Teachers are more than pleased with the break through; Parents are pleased that their children are thriving; And children are excelling in their journey through school and life.

This story is only just starting. So much more to do! If you are excited by the transformation that is implied in this journey get in touch. We grow together.