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The Wayfinder: A NESA Podcast

THE WAYFINDER SEASON 2: A NESA PODCAST

Connecting Our Community.

The Wayfinder is a podcast on learning, leadership, and community. Host and NESA school graduate Abril Soewarso-Rivera engages with thought leaders and partners in international education to discuss high-impact topics in the field. Join us as we bring relevant issues forward and help our wider community connect the dots. Let’s find our way together!!

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The Wayfinder Episode 8: Regeneration & Hope with Maddy Hewitt

The Wayfinder Episode 8: Regeneration & Hope with Maddy Hewitt

How do we re-center hope?

On our final episode of the season, NESA Executive Director Maddy Hewitt joins Abril in conversation and they discuss regenerative models of education, next year's NESA program, and the case for evidence-based hope. Maddy has served as the head of NESA since 2017 and champions leadership that is “transformative, unifying, and social”. With her continued work across the region, she embraces a growth mindset of reflection, adaptability and "learning forward toward success" with others. In their discussion, Maddy shares her service-oriented, globally-minded visions for the future of the association.

May 9, 2024

 


Abril Soewarso-Rivera

About the Host

Abril Soewarso-Rivera is a Mexican-Indonesian-American audio storyteller, performer, and writer. She first fell in love with radio as a backseat listener to NPR’s This American Life and hosts a podcast of her own, titled Love in Public. Love in Public explores the “geography of conversation” through human storytelling. Abril grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the Red Sea, and most recently, spent four years in Vancouver, Canada. She is a NESA school alumna, having graduated from The KAUST School in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia in 2019. She studied psychology and international relations at the University of British Columbia. Abril is passionate about community-building, solo travel, and the intersections between art and activism.

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