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Saturday, February 22
 

10:00am PST

Panel: Gaming SHTEAM
Saturday February 22, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PST
San Clemente 2
How can gaming help students gain proficiency in Science, History, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math? Learn from educators and homeschooling parents who are using games to foster passion and skill in all things SHTEAM.

Moderated by Erika Davis-Pitre
Speakers
avatar for Erika Davis-Pitre

Erika Davis-Pitre

owner, Fun and Games Enterprises
Erika loves conferences so much, she decided to purchase one of her favorites. And when she's not speaking and attending conferences around the globe, she's home with her hubby living in one of her favorite cities.
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Meg Grooms

Gameschool Academy
Meg Grooms is a long-time homeschooling mother of 6 children, ranging in age from preschool to married with kids of their own. Always a vagabond at heart, Meg and her family have embraced a slow travel lifestyle and currently call Southern California home. Your guess is as good as... Read More →
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Christine Yablonski

Board Member, The Story School
Christine Yablonski is an unschooling mom and advocate. Drawing upon her career as a child therapist plus her experiences as a member, and frequently as a board member or leader, of numerous non-profit organizations that focus on the needs of children, teens, and their parents, Christine... Read More →
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Dr. Vicki Meadows

Owner, Xplorstem
Dr. Vicki is a world-renowned scientist. She has made significant contributions to the field of science, publishing groundbreaking scientific papers and reviews that have impacted the direction of scientific research and discovery.Dr. Vicki holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry and worked in... Read More →
Saturday February 22, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PST
San Clemente 2
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1:00pm PST

Panel: Gaming for Social and Mental Wellness
Saturday February 22, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
San Clemente 2
Playing games can support people coping with anxiety and depression or healing from trauma, and can also help us grow our social skill set.  Learn how to access the social, emotional, and mental benefits of gaming….for the children and adults in your life and for yourself!

Speakers
avatar for Erika Davis-Pitre

Erika Davis-Pitre

owner, Fun and Games Enterprises
Erika loves conferences so much, she decided to purchase one of her favorites. And when she's not speaking and attending conferences around the globe, she's home with her hubby living in one of her favorite cities.
avatar for Meg Grooms

Meg Grooms

Gameschool Academy
Meg Grooms is a long-time homeschooling mother of 6 children, ranging in age from preschool to married with kids of their own. Always a vagabond at heart, Meg and her family have embraced a slow travel lifestyle and currently call Southern California home. Your guess is as good as... Read More →
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Dave Mata

Chief Product Officer, Midas Brands
David is a video games industry executive, who is currently Chief Product Officer at Midas Brands, and is working on a health and wellness based mobile game.Previous to joining Midas Brands, he was Director of Product, at Beamable, focused on their live operations product for game... Read More →
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Alex Cook

Alex Cook is a 15-year-old competitive gamer. He has been participating in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate tournaments for about 3 years. He has several notable wins as well as ranking #6 in Eugene, OR.  Always unschooled, gaming has been an essential part of his educational journey... Read More →
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Jayn Holly Coburn

Jayn Holly Coburn is a 23-y/o always-unschooled gamer, artist, and filmmaker from Los Angeles.I’ve been passionate about video games my whole life, and I even have an Associate of Fine Arts in Game Design from The New York Film Academy. I also love movies and tv, reading, makeup... Read More →
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Shaun Biegler

Creative Volunteer, The Story School
Shaun Biegler was raised in New England and brought up unschooled by his parents. As a child he became very interested in Pokemon cards and Yugioh with the latter of the two being extremely helpful in simple math and helped to make the subject far more approachable. A game that would... Read More →
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Synetra Nunsuch

My name is Synetra Nunsuch.  I am a proud member of the active games team and have helped homeschool my younger sisters for almost 10 years. Due to my own visual impairment, I am always looking for new, fun ways to accommodate people with all different abilities.
Saturday February 22, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
San Clemente 2
  Speaker/Panel

3:00pm PST

Careers In Gaming
Saturday February 22, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
San Clemente 2
Do you have or are you yourself a gamer who wants to make a career out of gaming? Then this session is for you! In this talk, you'll hear from Gamers who have done just that, made a career out of their love of gaming.
Bring your questions and have the answered by folks in the know!

Speakers
avatar for Erika Davis-Pitre

Erika Davis-Pitre

owner, Fun and Games Enterprises
Erika loves conferences so much, she decided to purchase one of her favorites. And when she's not speaking and attending conferences around the globe, she's home with her hubby living in one of her favorite cities.
avatar for Dave Mata

Dave Mata

Chief Product Officer, Midas Brands
David is a video games industry executive, who is currently Chief Product Officer at Midas Brands, and is working on a health and wellness based mobile game.Previous to joining Midas Brands, he was Director of Product, at Beamable, focused on their live operations product for game... Read More →
avatar for Christine Yablonski

Christine Yablonski

Board Member, The Story School
Christine Yablonski is an unschooling mom and advocate. Drawing upon her career as a child therapist plus her experiences as a member, and frequently as a board member or leader, of numerous non-profit organizations that focus on the needs of children, teens, and their parents, Christine... Read More →
avatar for Shaun Biegler

Shaun Biegler

Creative Volunteer, The Story School
Shaun Biegler was raised in New England and brought up unschooled by his parents. As a child he became very interested in Pokemon cards and Yugioh with the latter of the two being extremely helpful in simple math and helped to make the subject far more approachable. A game that would... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Vicki Meadows

Dr. Vicki Meadows

Owner, Xplorstem
Dr. Vicki is a world-renowned scientist. She has made significant contributions to the field of science, publishing groundbreaking scientific papers and reviews that have impacted the direction of scientific research and discovery.Dr. Vicki holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry and worked in... Read More →
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Lily Mansfield

Gameschooling mom
Lily is an unschooling mother of two and a former level designer for video games.After a career that included level design, texture art, and quality assurance, Lily retired from the video game industry to raise her children, but she continues to utilize games and gaming to help with... Read More →
Saturday February 22, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
San Clemente 2
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