Our Team.

At Mindful Learning Design we have a great team of people with a wide variety of skills. These areas of expertise help us build learning materials that best meet your audiences' needs.

We are passionate about positivity, mindfulness, engagement, diversity, and community. Our goal is to provide visibly diverse representation to learners in support of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives in traditionally male-dominated fields. We are also committed to creating materials that are fully ADA compliant, aligned to the Universal Design for Learning framework, and include online delivery best practices.

Please visit our profiles below to learn more about our network of creators!

Farah Vallera, PhD, PMP

Founder & CEO

FAVORITE FIELDS: All Things Design, Curriculum Development, Research & Statistics, Grant Writing, Program Review & Evaluation, DEIB/ADA/UDL

Julie Oltman, PhD

Digital & Virtual Game Designer - AR & VR

FAVORITE FIELDS: VR/AR/MR, Place-Based Learning, Game-Based Learning, Computational Thinking, Educational Research

Debra Rubart, MS

Instructional & Learning Designer

FAVORITE FIELDS: Instructional & Learning Design, Curriculum Development, Instructional Technology, VR/AR/MR

Megan Dagnall, MS

Instructional & Learning Designer & Web Developer

FAVORITE FIELDS: Instructional & Learning Design, Instructional Technology, Scratch, Social Emotional Learning, Special Education

Hope Sagnip, MS, MS

Instructional & Learning Designer

FAVORITE FIELDS: Instructional & Learning Design, Curriculum Development, Instructional Technology, DEIB/ADA/UDL

Yameng Cui, MEd

Instructional & Learning Design Intern

FAVORITE FIELDS: Instructional & Learning Design, Curriculum Development, Instructional Technology, Grant Writing, Educational Research, Training & Facilitation