The Your Story Matters Podcast

Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast features a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. Today I am privileged to have a conversation with Liam Halloran. Liam Halloran is a freshman and honors student majoring in International Global Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a recent graduate from Minnetonka Public Schools he was a part of a Chinese Dual Language Immersion program. While in high school he had three different internships, including one with the League...

Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Today I am privileged to have a conversation with Dr. Bernadine Futrell. Dr. Bernadine Futrell is a senior fellow with the Institute for Educational Leadership, and has had the privilege of serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education and Leadership Network Director at AASA, as well as being an associate pastor alongside her husband and an author. I am so excited to speak with Dr. Bernadine Futrell today!

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Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Kim Marable, who serves as an assessment and accountability specialist with more than 20 years of experience strengthening instructional practice, elevating data literacy and driving school improvement across Rutherford County Schools. Drawing on her background as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and district leaders, she specializes in transforming complex assessment data into clear, actionable insights that empower educators and accelerate student achievement. I am...

Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Today I am privileged to have a conversation with Dr. Dina Hernandez & Dr. Tricia Thompson.  

Dr. Dina Hernandez has over 25 years of service in K–12 education. She has dedicated her career to advancing equity, championing historically marginalized youth, and empowering educators to lead with purpose. Today, her work also extends to adjudicated youth in halls and camps, students too often underestimated, mislabeled, or silenced. For her, equity is not an afterthought; it is the foundation.  

Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. This week I am privileged to have a conversation with Adam Todd. From his early days working in the Geraldo Rivera mail room, to NY Mets scouting position, to his current work as a media arts and technology educator, author, content creator and "Classroom Dynamics, A Teacher Podcast" host, Adam Todd is always innovating and leveraging his media and sports...

Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I am excited to have a conversation with Dr. Dena Kiouses. Dr. Dena Kiouses is the superintendent of Gorman Learning Charter Network, an innovative, personalized learning based TK-12th grade public charter that spans seven counties. I am so excited for you to learn about and from Dr. Dena Kiouses today!

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Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode of The Your Story Matters Podcast I am privileged to have a conversation with Sri Narayanan. Sri is the founder of Kodely, the co-founder and CEO of Nala AI, the host of the Education Unlocked Podcast, and was one of Forbes 30 under 30.

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Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of The Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Dr. Shana Matamala and Dr. Martin Yousef. Dr. Shana Matamala serves as the Chair of the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership program and Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at the LaFetra College of Education, University of La Verne. With 30 years of experience spanning P–12 education and higher education leadership, she brings a practitioner-informed perspective to doctoral studies. Her research focuses on inclusive leadership, fi...

On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Superintendent Maria Libby from Maine. Superintendent Libby is the superintendent of not one but two districts: Camden Rockport Schools (PreK-8) and Five Town CSD (9th-12th). She is an author of a non-fiction educational leadership book entitled An Impossible Assignment and a children’s book called Waiting for Walter, as well as the podcast host of Super Story: Inside Education. She has served as a teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, and before her education career was a solo boat driver and served as the Narragansett Baykeeper. I...

Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode of The Your Story Matters Podcast I am privileged to have a conversation with Dr. David Calvo. Dr. Calvo has served as an educator and leader for 30 years, including as a teacher in Florida and then principal both in Florida and California. He most recently served the Director of Development and before that the Director of...