Reyna Yagi, our June Special Guesst, will share insights into her progressive journey towards ecological farming, highlighting the consistent and incremental impact of her initiatives.

Introducing Chris Kim: Veteran Conductor & Inspiring Educator. Witness his transformative journey from a music hater to a passionate conductor and educator, captivating young minds.

Our Feb 2023 Special Guest was Edward Vela, an award-winning film producer. He makes documentaries to raise awareness about different issues in the world. He used four colors to emphasize what documentaries require makers like him to think about: bravery, passion, life, and hope.

Our Jan 2023 Special Camp has featured Cristi Blackwolf, a veteran vet. She spoke about why she became a vet and what vets do. One of her examples was a bit scary to some kids but they all enjoyed learning about how vets treat animals.

Our December Special Camp was with Kelsey Paulling, a rainforest specialist from the Academy of Science in San Francisco. She has been working on conversation projects and breed endangered animals.

Our November Special Camp revealed what was coming next at the Emerald Forest, the TaleTree’s own metaverse. Kids were able to share their thoughts and ideas.

What is more loving and caring than making and sharing food? Our October Special Guest, Elli is a passionate chef that spreads love through food. She shares some tips with kids to make healthy and fun Halloween snacks.

Our September Special Guest, Eugene Lee, has a passion for music besides his full time job of being a technologist. He showed how music has taught him to appreciate more than music in life including art, history, math, physics, foreign languages, etc.

Our August Special Guest, Cindy Norris, is someone who adores children. Her love of kids has led her to use her passion for art to communicate with kids through her art and stories.

Our June and July 2022 guest, Kevin Smith, works at NASA as a Research Enngineer. He got our member kids more curious about our planet and the solar system Earth belongs to.

Our May 2022 guest, Moe Flannery, is Ornithology and Mammalogy Senior Collection Manager at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. At this Special Camp, she shared her insight into how scientists learn so much about dead whales.

Our April 2022 guest, Jan Peck, is a children’s book author from Texas. She told her fun stories and shared some writing tips with our kids.

Our Mar 2022 guest, Ladan, is a florist and owns her own shop in San Francisco. She share some tips about how to arrange flowers.

Our Feb 2022 guest, Kjartan Gíslasonle, is the Founder & CEO at Omnom Chocolate in Iceland. He explains how his curiosity took him to where he is and the art of chocolate-making.

Our Jan 2022 guest was Michael McHale, director of Product at Roblox, who believes in the power of community collaboration.

Our December 2021 guest was Lorenz Sonneman, an artist who has such deep compassion and love of nature.

Our November 2021 guest is Peter Wallerstein, a veteran marine animal rescue specialist.

Our October guest, Mario, showed on Augmented Reality (AR) works in real life and how that brings computer-generated content to the real world through smartphones and other digital devices.

Amy Lang is the Founder of Moxie Club, host of the Happy & Healthy podcast, a certified nutrition coach and fitness trainer. Her clients call her the "Habit Whisperer" because she helps them create healthy habits that actually stick.

Daniel Kwon earned his Ph.D. from MIT and has been working on super innovative projects at Lockheed Martin. Dan began to dream about becoming a rocket scientist when he watched movies such as Star Wars and Star Trek as a little kid.

John Jun, a hobbyist magician, suggests that having some hobbies and developing a passion for those could help people remain creative. He works at Samsung as a serious business person. However, when he has his free time, he works on new magic tricks and also gives shows to his church groups and other charity organizations.

Tassin, the Founder of Walkabout Wildlife Animal Sanctuary, took us a remote tour of her park and showed how those wildlife animals were lost in nature and what kind of care would help them.

The Founders of Ludenso, Eirik Wahlstrøm and Harald Manheim, want to help all children to become digital creators. With their innovative and easy-to-use 3D modeling/AR tool, our campers learned how to model together and create projects that can be enjoyed and experienced in Augmented Reality.

As a Footwear and Accessories Designer based in Los Angeles, Emily has traveled far and wide, from China and Mexico City, to explore her creative ideas. Emily’s designs are influenced by her passion for sustainability and DIY art communities, as well as by her own Mexican-American culture.

As a visual effects artist for box office hits like Star Wars, Toy Story, Avengers, Cars, Transformers, Incredibles, Jurassic World, Oscar award winner Coco, and more, Lyon works with a team of artists to create an even more impactful cinematic experience as a Simulation Design Director at Pixar.

Animal Wonders' Animal Ambassadors include over 100 animals, and our campers got to meet Joy the Macaw, Starburst the Gopher Snake, Kemosabe the Porcupine, Hazel the Bunny, and Huckleberry, the Beaver, presented by Jessi.

An advocate for preserving childlike creativity through her work as a Toy Designer, Ann led our TaleTree campers through a journey to add innovative features to old toys or to design completely new ones.

Featured in BBC, Vogue Spain, and galleries all around the world, artist Elisa Insua has truly perfected the craft of turning one’s trash into another person’s treasure. She showed our kids how they can use the thrown-away materials for their art.