After realizing the limits of the U.S. public education system, a structure that wasn’t built to support the creative work they were after, H left their 5-year teacher education program a year early, graduating with a degree in Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies with minors in Elementary Education and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Upon receiving their diploma, they immediately left the town of their undergraduate university in pursuit of a new way of educating and learning – one that truly supports the potential and life in each individual. Now, after 6 years of immersion in and the co-creation of a vitality-centered learning environment, H is inspired to work alongside other educators yearning for something different – for an educational design in which ALL learners can thrive. H has worked with diverse populations of young learners both in the public school system and alternative educational settings. They have experienced the learning environments of “failing” schools – where three-quarters of the learner population receive free or reduced lunches – and schools in which learners speak over 50 different languages and have relocated from countries all over the globe. A queer, gender-noncomforming womxn, H is committed to anti-racist, abolitionist teaching, the decolonization of education and themselves, and being a coconspirator. If you happen to catch H outside of Springhouse, they may be experimenting with film photography, playing guitar, or identifying trees.