Building connections and designing informal learning models to provide access to education

Marco has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the fields of educational technology and technology integration. His expertise lies in designing creative learning experiences and educational frameworks that integrate radical healing by leveraging existing community strengths.

Who Marco Helps:

• Nonprofit organizations: Designing healing-centered learning experiences leveraging creative learning, educational technology, art, and community engagement
• Museums, libraries, and community learning spaces: Designing creative learning spaces and experiences 
• Educational Institutions: Guest speaking on managing diverse teams, providing mentorship, and leadership development
• Educational Collaborators: Providing learning design and educational technology coaching and consulting

How Marco Helps:

Through deep curiosity, research, exploration, and relationship building within communities, Marco creates connections and develops creative learning experiences that leverage community strengths and focus on improving overall community wellbeing.

Engagement Tools:

• • Creative Learning: Using the principles of creative learning developed by the MIT Media Lab’s Lifelong Kindergarten Group to create learning experiences exploring projects, peers, passions, play, and purpose
  • Healing centered engagement (HCE): Developing learning experiences that focus on improving community wellbeing
  • Art: Leveraging arts-based learning to explore identity, power, and social justice storytelling 

Key Clients & Collaborations:

• Smithsonian Institution
• Harvard Graduate School of Education Public Art Commission
• MIT Media Lab Lifelong Kindergarten Group
• Diverse Professionals in Advancement Group
• BIPOC Affinity Advancement Group
• The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

Notable Achievements:

• Year Up United Manager and Mentor
• FIRST LEGO League Coach
• Harvard Administrative Fellowship Program Fellow and Guest Speaker
• Guest speaker for the Harvard Business School LGBT Student Association and the University of California, Davis Advancement
• Harvard Business School Education and Resources Lead, External Relations Racial Equity Initiative
• Developed an EdTechTeacher Leadership Seminar in collaboration with EdTechTeacher founder Tom Daccord
• Led numerous technology infrastructure projects and major implementations
• MIT 2020 Hack for Inclusion, developed a platform solution and program for Bristol-Myers Squibb to support changing the stigma around mental illness

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