Our Panel of Experts
Taking inspiration from their children and their passions, our community of experts helps to design and test all of our earth-friendly projects. They include creative parents, grandparents, and specialists in education, developmental psychology, sustainability, art, and science to ensure Green Kid Crafts is delivering developmentally appropriate and inspiring activities while staying true to environmentally-friendly practices.
| Harmony
Roll holds a B.A. in Art History and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and
Instruction. A certified K-8 teacher, with “Highly Qualified” status and
an additional endorsement in art, she has taught every grade in the
elementary spectrum and at the middle school level. Place-based and
multi-age education are her areas of expertise and the source of her
passion as a teacher and a parent. Harmony is the founder of Taiga
Trekkers, a free hiking group for parents and kids. The success of that
group led her to found the Anchorage Outdoor Family Network, which
serves hundreds of local families. She is also currently working on
creating the education consulting firm, Taiga Teacher. A mother to two
young sons, they enjoy spending their days outside—no matter what time
of year, doing crafts, science experiments, hockey, reading and lots of
free play.
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| Lisa Capuozzo
holds a B.A. in Family Studies and a M.S. in Recreation
and Sport Sciences from Ohio University. A mom of two, she is also a
Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. In her life before children
she worked in a variety of settings serving children with mental health
and developmental challenges. She and her husband have enjoyed
traveling and have lived in Ohio, Oregon, Arizona, and Alaska. Favorite
activities in her house include creating art from found objects, singing
and playing "music class," dressing up and having performances, cooking
and baking, playing outside, and story time.
|  | Lizzy
Donovan holds a B.A. in Women's Studies and Sociology from the
University of Colorado and a M.A. in Counseling from Regis University.
Lizzy currently works at the Student Health and Counseling Center at the
University of Alaska. She has worked extensively in the past with youth
involved in a variety of systems including juvenile justice and foster
care. Lizzy's favorite job is playing Mommy to her 3.5 year old
daughter. She spends much of her day learning new ballet moves, wearing
fairy wings, or practicing her (very poor) British accent while pouring
tea. As a self-proclaimed craft klutz, Lizzy is particularly equipped to
evaluate the user friendliness of craft projects and is thrilled to
partner with Green Kid Crafts to put her clumsiness to good use.
|  | Jennifer Adams, CPC-AAPC, RMA-AMT, CCP-BAMC, holds a B.A. in Business
and a M.A. in Biblical Counseling. She has worked with many families in
her community and beyond for the past decade teaching, crafting, and
building a foundation for wellness in spirit, soul, and body. She is
also an author of a new children's book called, "My Sister Chocolate, My
Sister Vanilla." As well, she is part of a duo musical group,
"Annagail," with her handsome husband Jared, signed with All
Entertainment record label out of Nashville, TN. She has two beautiful
little girls, a biological daughter and an adopted daughter from Haiti.
Favorite activities include crafting with fabric, puppet shows, musical
dramas, scavenger hunts, and story-telling. |  | Amanda
is an eco-friendly, garden loving, quilting mom who LOVES being with
her two children and teaching them about the world. She has a B.A. in
Elementary Education, an M.A. in Reading Education K-12, her National
Board Teaching Certification, and 5 years of classroom teaching
experience. Her children, ages 2 1/2 and almost 6, enjoy spending time
outside in the garden and are avid crafters. Her daughter enjoys
designing and sewing her own doll clothes and would happily spend her
entire days crafting. Amanda blogs with her best friend about parenting
with purpose at The Educators' Spin On It.
|  | Jennifer
Pack holds a B.A. in Studio Art from Wesleyan College in Macon,
Georgia. She is the graphic designer and photographer behind Black Cat
Studios Design and Photography and is mom to a 5 year old son and a 1
year old daughter. She is a crafting junky (anyone whose seen her craft
cave can attest to that). She loves to create and shares her passion for
creativity with her children whenever she can. Her son loves baking in
the kitchen, drawing pictures and music. Her daughter gets into
everything, loves to climb, and is learning how to not eat markers.
Other favorite pastimes include taking lots of photos, traveling and
exploring new places (she's lived in Georgia, Japan, Ohio and now
Alaska).
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|  | Melissa
Jordan is an Art Educator with 15+ years teaching students from
kindergarten through 12th grade. She holds a BA in Art Education and
Studio Art and Secondary Education Minor. She is currently a SAHM with
plans to teach HS Art in the Fall of 2012. Melissa shares her creative
endeavors with her 5 year old daughter on her blog The Chocolate Muffin
Tree. She has a true love for making things and for growing creative
children. Her purpose in her own words, "I am here to make things and to
share my love of this with others."
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