Behind the Wonder
As the founder, Marta Pascual Barea holds the vision and designs the maps and adventures. A talented team of educators, illustrators and experience works behind the scenes to make School of Wonder happen. The Wonder Magicians, our teaching artists and educators are the ones in the forefront of the wonder.
Marta Pascual Barea | Executive Director, Founder
Alli Gabbert | Camp Director
Tamar Ellerton | Curriculum researcher
Amira Radwan | Strategy
Random Cushing | Illustrator and writer
Stephanie Beattie | Adventure designer and script writer
Hana Hwang | Illustrator and educator
OUR ADVISORS
Julia Sanchez Abeal
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Pau Sabria
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Melissa Cesarano Ed.M., Ph.D. | Cognitive science and social emotional learning content advisor
Zachary Silverstein
NYC ARTS COLLECTIVE
Our adventures are co-created with a collective of talented artists, social activists and community builders of NYC. Together, we create School of Wonder and many other projects with a similar vision but different formats and audiences. From transformational retreats, to community spaces and dance events, we are supporting and inspiring one another since 2014.
Fresh Air Collective brings together artists, architects and the community at large to imagine, create and activate new collaborative workspaces using the natural world. Check this video from the first retreat we co-created in 2016.
Future Clear Productions is a Brooklyn based collective that creates pyramid installations and other physical platforms where visitors are invited to experience new ways of living and interacting, of cultivating curiosity, and expanding their perspective. Check this video of an inclusive festival that we co-created in 2017.
Dance Beyond is a community gathering for people who love to dance. This dance is about self-expression, freeing your mind and body, and connecting with yourself and those around you.
Check this video of the Dance Beyond Retreat we co-created in Guatemala in 2018.
Ambrosia Elixirs is a home for developing personal relationships with plants and people of the consicous community, who desire to live an authentic life that is aligned with the Earth and global prosperity of humanity. In this regard, we are a non-alcoholic, plant-based community.