Team

Bill has taught at:

• Stanford Universities d.school, (Design Thinking Bootcamp for pre-collegiate students)
• Design Tech High School, (designated studio partner – worked with school staff to teach intersession classes)
• Youth Uprising, (Developed a studio production program for at-risk students from Oakland, CA)
• University of San Francisco (developed a program called M.I.L.E., Media, Interactive Literacy, and Engagement for Upward Bound.)
• San Mateo Union High School District, San Mateo, CA (intern program led by Celine Lovelace, Career Coordinator)
• Harvey Milk Photo Center (studio workshops)
• Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA (graduate studies)

Bill co-founded Discursive Media Commons, a lab at Stanford University, exploring Neurodiversity in media with the principal investigator and Stanford Philosophy Professor Ken Taylor. Bill contributed to the founding of Moonshots in Education with Esther Wojcicki, where LightGrid® was an active learning resource for students in the San Francisco Bay Area. Esther Wojcicki selected LightGrid® to be its first technology partner. In 2015 Bill created a time-lapse sequence in LightGrid® illustrating the corrosive effects of climate change for the feature film Racing Extinction. The work was projected on the UN building during the Climate Summit and subsequently shown that year at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony. TED Conference curator Chris Anderson said, “LightGrid® takes a big step towards the democratization of media” when Bill presented LightGrid® in 2012. His TEDx talk in 2020 at Westmoor High School was titled “Procrastinators Paradise, Life as a Non-Essential Worker” and was met with an enthusiastic audience.

Samuel provides consulting, photography, videography, and graphic design services to a diverse range of organizations and individuals, including clients like 23andMe, Esther Wojcicki, Peninsula College Fund, East Palo Alto City Hall, and La Iglesia Apostolica de la Fe en Cristo Jesus.

Samuel is a devoted community member who actively contributes to various causes he believes in. He sits on the board of Rise Together Education, a non-profit organization that awards scholarships to low-income students from Palo Alto High School.

Since 2015, Samuel has also been volunteering at EPA Apostolic Church, where he started as an audio engineer and rose through the ranks to become the leader of the social media and marketing team in 2023. In this role, he oversees all aspects of the church’s online presence, including its website and social media platforms.

Samuel’s passion for education and community-building is reflected in his diverse experiences. He taught at Stanford’s D.school for the Pre-Collegiate Summer Program in 2017, where he co-led a course on Context and Design that attracted international students.

Her determination is encased in empathy and the pursuit of diversity, equity, and inclusion. She teaches innovation through Design Thinking and Produces at the intersection of Learning, Design, and Cinema. She directs Screen360.tv, a start-up providing a cost-effective way to address the 56.6Mil US K-12 learners, exponential numbers globally, who face increasingly global requirements and the 156 K US schools/ who must present global education. COVID folded learners into households creating a broader use case for Screen360. Stanford Peace Innovation named Screen360 a Positive Peace Technology.

He created and hosted the magazine-style show, “T Making Of…” and directed a children’s television show, “Cyber’s Web”, which both aired regularly on The Computer Television Network. Rick also directed Natomas Charter School’s production of “Convergence,” which was performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Responsibilities include Project management and advisory roles with the internship program.

Presenter “Historical Thinking in a Common Core World:” Leader of “North State History Teachers’ Learning Collaborative.” International & Domestic Fellow, Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank Project, American Federation of Teachers, 2010 to 2012. The fellowship included a trip to South Africa to work with partner schools and training at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama. Teacher Fellow: National Endowment of the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture: “From Freedom Summer to the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike,” Jackson State University.