Charilyne Rojas is a conductor and music educator, leading the Young Performers Orchestra at Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra. She also finds time to shape GDYO’s communications. Charilyne mentors young musicians and builds lasting orchestral communities. Watch our interview together in which I created Charilyne's fantasy cultural year.

Valerie Rivera (professionally known as VA Rivera) is a New York educator turned children’s poet‑author who inspires young minds one verse at a time.

DiAnA McElroy is a mindful well being speaker and mental health coach teaching meditation, yoga, breathwork, visualisation, movement, reading books and even humour.

David J. Diamond is a coach for actors, playwrights, directors and producers for theatre. He is also the artistic director of La MaMa Umbria International.

Asa Leininger is an actor, writer, and educator who blends performance, storytelling, and teaching to explore truth, empathy, and connection across cultures, classrooms, and stages.

Samantha Steele is a composer, violinist and music producer working across orchestral, soul and cinematic music. A former music educator, she now blends creative production with arts project management and cultural administration.

Andreas van Zoelen - a saxophonist, conductor, classical sax teacher and creator of saxophonemusuem.online - an archive of saxophone history

Walter Groppenberger: pianist, educator and EPTA Austria founder. Teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz.

Oluchi Igili - applied theatre practitioner specialising in legislative theatre projects. Theatre Studies and English Studies teacher, poet