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From Misery to Harmonious Passion

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

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Bravery, passion, life, and hope

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.

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How do vets find out what’s wrong with your pets?

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.

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The impact of rainforests

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.

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Creative Halloween

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.

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More than just music!

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.

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Doodle & storytell

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.

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NASA and the Solar System

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.

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Dead whales do tell tales

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.

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The art of making people happy

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.

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How Immersive Media is used in life

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.

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Wellness & Nutrition Specialist

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.

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A rocket & space scientist

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.

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