It all started when…
a school Allison had presented at asked her for more material, so that the school could continue work on empathetic digital citizenship independently. “Could you please create something we can use when you are not present?” As serendipity would have it, in the next few weeks, Camilla and Morgan contacted Allison asking to join forces with her. Marienke was already onboard as the mastermind behind role plays, theater and helping bring the content to life.
When these four educators met, all different in age, nationality, and experience, magic happened.
We knew this program was needed. We have sat together, had long discussions, debated over content, tested that same content with teens and educators, laughed a lot and thrown a variety of ideas around. We hope you will enjoy, learn and laugh with your students while discussing these relevant topics. If we don’t have what you need for a specific situation or audience, don’t forget to ask. We will create it for you.
Allison Ochs
Principal Storyteller, Creator, and Owner
Allison is an American/Swiss social pedagogue/worker, author, lecturer, teacher, and consultant. She has volunteered in an orphanage in Mexico and as a board member at the International School of Amsterdam. She has worked at the University Hospital in Kiel, in a teen transition home and has both taught and held leadership positions in public and private schools in Switzerland. She is the owner and president of EDIT change management Sàrl. Currently, she is directing and writing the Oscar & Zoe series in collaboration with the EPFL and her team members. In 2019 Amsterdam University Press published her book, Would I have sexted back in the 80s? A modern guide on raising digital teens derived from lessons of the past.
When Allison is not on the road sharing stories with teens, parents, and teachers to help them navigate and live in harmony with their smartphones and various devices, you will find her either in Amsterdam or a small town just above Lake Geneva.
Marienke van Terheijden
Role Play, Theater Creation and Storyteller
Marienke is a Dutch educator, actress, and comedian. In 2009 she graduated as a drama teacher, and since then has been using theater and education to tell stories and help students deal with subjects that are near to her heart. She has worked in community theater and high schools, and written and acted in educational plays, always with humor and openness.
At the moment Marienke is touring over 50 Dutch public schools a year with an educational comedy-play about traffic safety. She also acts in commercials and writes stories, plays, and role plays for Edit.
Collaborators who have or still help us with projects like the Oscar & Zoé Series.
All experts in their fields
Gozde Eyce
Illustrator
She is an independent illustration artist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She often finds inspiration in the nature, all living creatures reminding us to slow down & reconnect with our roots. She developed an imperfect drawing style with distorted characters named “The moody society”, representing the beauty in imperfection. Gozde loves collaborating with amazing artists & various creative souls who place sustainable living at the very core of their being.
She mostly creates children book illustrations, editorial illustrations, social media content & custom projects for brands with an authentic mindset.
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Corinne Terrassin
Graphic Design / Communication
Corinne studied marketing and communication at the Ecole des Cadres in Paris and then became passionate about graphic arts. She worked for many years on communication projects for the Bordeaux Grands Crus and in the luxury printing industry, invested in showcasing this craft which, while seeming a little outdated, nevertheless accomplishes wonders. She has decided to put her skills to good use today at Edit with a special focus on Edit books. Passionate about the subject of personal development and convinced that human beings must grow and adapt to this changing world, it seemed only natural to her to get involved in Allison Ochs' wonderful project, to help ensure that the process takes place from a very young age, and that our children become better adults for themselves and for others.
Camilla Hannuksela
Curriculum Manager and Editor
Camilla is a high-school English teacher from Finland with over a decade of teaching experience in the public Finnish school system including work within the IB curriculum. Camilla has an MA in English Philology and Nordic Languages from Helsinki University. She is also a co-author of twelve published books for the national Finnish high school curriculum. At the core of her teaching is making use of the positive energy of teens and helping them find their way with empathy and awareness both on- and offline.
Nora Lamay
Curriculum and Product Manager (French)
Nora is originally from Lausanne, Switzerland. After completing her Swiss Maturité, she left on an adventure heading to Miami, where she completed a degree in Advertising and Marketing with a minor in Photography. Nora then worked in the Vizcaya Museum in Miami. After a fantastic experience abroad, Nora returned to Lausanne, where she worked in sales and as a problem solver for the Wall Street Institute. She was part of the team that helped open the Wall Street Institute in Bern. After this, Nora decided to shift gears and spend more time at home with her three children. She now spends her time writing, translating, teaching literature at a high level, and working on creating amazing content in French for EDIT Curriculum. She is fluent in English, German and of course her mother tongue French.
Morgan Russo
Content Creator
Morgan previously taught 4th through 7th grade in Chicago Public Schools and at KIPP Chicago. She was an instructional coach and grade-level chair and went on to direct a non-profit, Teachers Supporting Teachers, which focuses on urban teacher leader development and retention. She now writes curriculum for a variety of educational companies and writes with Allison on the Oscar & Zoe series. Morgan is passionate about empowering today's youth to understand both the sunny and dark sides of media and technology.
Carli Ochs, PhD
Special advisors
Carli Ochs is a Post-doctoral researcher who currently works at Georgetown University. Carli obtained her PhD from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. She previously earned a master's degree in cultural psychology from the University of Amsterdam, as well as a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Fribourg. Carli's research focuses on how technology, particularly smartphones, affects individual users as well as, more widely, social interactions and society. She has gained expertise and developed a strong skill set while performing field, lab, and survey studies. Carli's work is primarily quantitative, but she has also conducted qualitative and mixed method research. Carli was awarded funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation to continue her research after completing her PhD. With the funding she is conducting research with Dr. Kostadin Kushlev on how smartphone use and type of use across different social context affects smartphone users well-being. Carli advises not only on workshop material that is delivered but spends countless hours reading the stories, discussing ethics, device use, and the current research with the Edit team.