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How To Disagree: The Power of Productive Disagreement in an Increasingly Polarized World
Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
Facilitators
Co-founder and CEO, The Disagreement
Alex Grodd is the founder and CEO of The Disagreement, a media company dedicated to celebrating and normalizing healthy disagreement in all walks of life. Previously, he taught 6th grade in the Atlanta Public Schools and founded BetterLesson, one of the leading K-12 teacher professional...
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Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
WRC
8:55am PST
What is Fair Pay and How Do I Get It?
Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
Facilitators YH
VP, Cruise
Yuki Horiguchi is currently a VP in the People function at Cruise, a self-driving car company, where she is responsible for compensation, benefits, people analytics, and workforce planning. She has spent over 20 years in life sciences and tech companies, designing and implementing...
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Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
TBA
12:35pm PST
Corporate Scandal: What Would You Do?
Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 3:10pm PST
Facilitators YH
VP, Cruise
Yuki Horiguchi is currently a VP in the People function at Cruise, a self-driving car company, where she is responsible for compensation, benefits, people analytics, and workforce planning. She has spent over 20 years in life sciences and tech companies, designing and implementing...
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Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA
12:35pm PST
Understanding Martial Arts and Self Defense
Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 3:10pm PST
Facilitators CA
Nueva School
Cody Alan is a high school teacher, musical artist, and an avid martial artist, currently a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a head coach at Skrap Pack in San Francisco under Gilbert Melendez.
Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA
1:55pm PST
Beyond Contacts: Network to Make Real Connections
Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
Facilitators
Professional Speaker
Jen Fitzgerald is a former admissions counselor turned professional speaker who applies the insights gained from advising thousands of students during the college admissions process to networking and career exploration. Her roles with schools like Virginia Commonwealth University...
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Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
WRC
8:55am PST
Like to Love: Find Fulfillment in Your Career
Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
Facilitators
Professional Speaker
Jen Fitzgerald is a former admissions counselor turned professional speaker who applies the insights gained from advising thousands of students during the college admissions process to networking and career exploration. Her roles with schools like Virginia Commonwealth University...
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Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA
8:55am PST
Intro to Impact: Self-Defense Basics
Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
Facilitators IB
Program Coordinator, IMPACT Bay Area
IMPACT offers violence-prevention programs for people to embody their own power, set effective boundaries, defend their physical and emotional safety, and heal. We build safe spaces for people who experience and resist violence differently because of who they are or how they are perceived...
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Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
TBA
8:55am PST
8:55am PST
Animal Assisted Happiness Smile Farm
Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 3:10pm PST
Facilitators VN
Animal Assisted Happiness
Animal Assisted Happiness in a non-profit organization whose mission is to enrich the lives of youth with needs through barnyard animal interactions at their 2.5 acre Smile Farm and through mobile visits to schools, hospitals and organizations who serve youth. Uniquely situated in...
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12:35pm PST
1:55pm PST
College Art Portfolio Prep
Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
Facilitators AL
Ada Liv is an artist from the Bay Area currently working in Los Angeles. With a love for organic materials, she creates paintings, sculptural installations, and textile work inspired by natural forms and biology. Prior to graduating from USC in 2024 with a BA in Art, she studied at...
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Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA
1:55pm PST
Freshman Year of College for Dummies
Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
Facilitators MT
I'm a Nueva Alumni (class of 2023!) and a sophomore at Harvard College studying Chemistry. I write for the Harvard Undergraduate Law Review and the Harvard Independent. I also hold positions on the Harvard College Honor Council and Lowell House Housing Committee.
Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA
8:55am PST
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Let's Dance (West Coast Swing)!
Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
Facilitators LL
Lydia Lee and James Kao have been dancing West Coast Swing for many years on the social dance floor. We also compete occasionally and dance both lead and follow. We're excited to share our love of WCS with you!
Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA
8:55am PST
Biomimicry: Learn From Nature’s 3.8 Billion Years Of Experience In Good Design
Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
Facilitators
Certified Biomimicry Professional, Biomimicry 3.8
Zeynep Arhon is a Certified Biomimicry Professional with a background in business, specializing in account management and thought leadership at Biomimicry 3.8. She also teaches biomimicry and business courses in the Master of Science in Biomimicry program at Arizona State University...
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Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
TBA
8:55am PST
Effective Communication Across Differences
Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
Facilitators
Youth Leadership Project Director, The Mosaic Project
Khemnes manages Mosaic’s Youth Leadership Project and is responsible for providing a network of teens and youth adults with opportunities for mentorship and leadership. He connects youth from all different backgrounds and offers them facilitation experience in assertive communication...
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Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
8:55am PST
Stand-Up and Deliver: Comedy Writing
Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
Facilitators CR
My name is Corey Rosen. My wife, Jenny, teaches drama and improv at Nueva. I am a writer, actor, producer and author of “Your Story, Well Told.” I host The Moth StorySlam and have been featured on The Sarah and Vinnie Show and The Moth Radio Hour. My teaching specialty is...
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Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
TBA
12:35pm PST
8:55am PST
When The BIG One Hits
Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
Facilitators EV
Ed's an engineer who is running out of disaster preparedness tasks and family patience in his own household. He likes the feeling of calm that comes from being prepared for any situation. It's possible that one of the reasons he is into disaster preparation is he has lingering doubts...
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Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA
8:55am PST
Anxiety Society: A History of Nervousness from Railway Madness to Coca-Cola
Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
Facilitators
San Francisco State University; TIME Magazine
Felicia Angeja Viator is an associate professor of history, a pop culture writer, and a bonafide horror nerd. She's also a history editor for TIME magazine and a curator for the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.
Felicia is the author of To Live and Defy in LA (Harvard University Press...
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Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 11:30am PST
TBA
8:55am PST
Comedy Writing Intensive
Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 3:10pm PST
Facilitators CR
My name is Corey Rosen. My wife, Jenny, teaches drama and improv at Nueva. I am a writer, actor, producer and author of “Your Story, Well Told.” I host The Moth StorySlam and have been featured on The Sarah and Vinnie Show and The Moth Radio Hour. My teaching specialty is...
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Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 3:10pm PST
TBA
10:15am PST
911!
Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
Facilitators EV
Ed's an engineer who is running out of disaster preparedness tasks and family patience in his own household. He likes the feeling of calm that comes from being prepared for any situation. It's possible that one of the reasons he is into disaster preparation is he has lingering doubts...
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Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA
10:15am PST
Panel: Nueva Alumni
Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
Moderators
Director of Alumni & Community Engagement, Nueva School
Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA
12:35pm PST
Uh oh, the Car is Broken
Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
Facilitators EV
Ed's an engineer who is running out of disaster preparedness tasks and family patience in his own household. He likes the feeling of calm that comes from being prepared for any situation. It's possible that one of the reasons he is into disaster preparation is he has lingering doubts...
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Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA
12:35pm PST
1:55pm PST
Let’s Go Flying - How to Fly from San Carlos to Truckee!
Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
Facilitators AK
I have been a Private Pilot since 1995, and have flown to over 60 airports in California alone. I fly for fun, but also for numerous volunteer organizations including Angel Flight West, Flying Samaritans, Pilots & Paws and Amelia Air. You’ll normally find me behind the wheel...
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Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA
1:55pm PST
1:55pm PST
Uh oh, the Car is Broken
Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
Facilitators EV
Ed's an engineer who is running out of disaster preparedness tasks and family patience in his own household. He likes the feeling of calm that comes from being prepared for any situation. It's possible that one of the reasons he is into disaster preparation is he has lingering doubts...
Read More →
Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA