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Tag: Leadership

  • Bianca Turetsky

    Director of Programs and the Brooklyn Region Bianca is thrilled to be working with Writopia Lab as the Director of Programs and the Brooklyn Region. She is the author of The Time-Traveling Fashionista books, a historical fiction series published by Little, Brown and Company. The books have been translated into nine languages. She is also…

  • Danielle Sheeler, LMSW

    Founder of Writopia’s Essay Writing Program and Program Evaluation Adviser   Danielle has been part of the Writopia Lab team since 2011. Danielle has been recognized by the Scholastic Awards “as an outstanding educator whose dedication, commitment, and guidance are represented by student work selected for national honors.” She designed and launched Writopia’s Essay Writing program at…

  • Elsa Bermúdez

    Director of Specialty ProgramsBrooklyn Regional Manager (Interim)  Elsa Bermúdez has loved leading creative writing, essay writing, comedy writing, and graphic noveling workshops at Writopia Lab since 2014! As Associate Director of Specialty Programs, she runs Writopia Lab’s scholarship program, Write to Recognition, and several off-site partnership programs. Elsa is a writer, artist, and educator. She…

  • Eunju Namkung

    Communications and Recruiting Advisor Eunju Namkung has been part of the Writopia Lab family since 2008. Eunju advises Writopia Lab on aspects of communications strategy and implementation. She is passionate about promoting Writopia Lab’s values around creative writing and creativity, care for children, diversity and inclusion, and social responsibility and ethics. She helps oversee brand…

  • Jeremy Wallace-Segall

    Chief Operations Officer Jeremy Wallace-Segall is our Chief Operations officer, bringing together the efforts of our technology, human resources, media, finance, accounting, and facilities management teams to ensure that our program staff have the tools and human support to accomplish their goals. Jeremy joined Writopia Lab in 2009 with 15 years of nonprofit experience building…

  • Léna Roy

    Chief of Education and Program Innovation Léna has been part of the Writopia world since 2009 and has been working with kids and teens in New York City’s northern suburbs since 2010. In 2018, she launched our pre-college program for teens, Creative Portfolio, which became national in 2020.  From 2014 to present, Léna has been…

  • Malcolm Knowles

    Associate Director of Specialty Programs Creative Writing and Songwriting Instructor Malcolm Knowles has been part of the Writopia Lab team since 2018. He is a writer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Houston, Texas, where he learned to record and release music during his teenage years. He later attended Sarah Lawrence College with a focus in Jazz…

  • Matthew Jellison

    Director of Education, WriCampia Co-Director Instructor Matthew Jellison is over the moon to be serving as Senior Manager of Education at Writopia Lab. He began as a creative writing instructor in summer of 2017 and since has had the privilege of working on writing with some extraordinary kids. Matthew is playwright, actor, educator, and native…

  • Rachel Aronson

    Associate Director of Program Operations Rachel Aronson is thrilled to join Writopia Lab as the Enrollment Manager. Rachel brings a decade of experience educating and managing operations for education programs. Before coming to Writopia, Rachel organized field trips to the world’s largest landfill, taught elementary schoolers how to build robots, and managed a sustainability certification…

  • Rebecca Wallace-Segall

    Chief Executive OfficerFounder Rebecca founded Writopia Lab in April 2007, and currently directs the national organization. You can read the founding story in The Village Voice. She designed the organization’s mission and no-barriers sliding scale model, as well as its instructional approach, which has been embraced by thousands of children, teens, schools, and nonprofit partners…

  • Yael Schick

    Executive Director Yael has been a member of the Writopia Lab team since 2011. As the Executive Director, she oversees programs nationally and supports all instructors and workshops at Writopia’s Upper West Side lab. Yael’s favorite role at Writopia is that of instructor; she works with writers of all ages in all genres, including college…