Our team

cynthia
Cynthia Harrison Barbera

Founder & CEO

om-gnawali
Dr. Omprakash Gnawali

Chief Technology Officer

devon-merriman
Devon Merriman

UX Designer, Illustrator, Marketing

shyam
Shyam Gnawali

Full Stack Engineer

luis-montiel
Luis Montiel

Operations Coordinator

mafe
Mafe Pulido Duarte

Spanish Linguist

ally-lam
Ally Lam

Production Coordinator, Mandarin Linguist

dean
Dean Galbreath

Technology Support

Advisors & Board members

rose
Dr. Rosemary Garcia Fontana

Stanford Ph.D, Bilingual Educator, Ethnographer

tom-kalinske
Tom Kalinske

LeapFrog, Mattel, Sega America, Knowledge Universe,
Global Education Learning

rebecca-silverman
Dr. Rebecca Silverman

Stanford Graduate School of Education

michael-watkins
Michael Watkins

Fmr. Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools

ron-marx
Dr. Ron Marx

Dean University of Arizona, College of Education (Emeritus)

johnbrown
John Brown

Board Member

ross
Ross Uchimura

Board Member

Meet Our Illustrators

STORYWORLD’s books are carefully illustrated by a team of amazing, talented artists. We pride ourselves on how our stories engage readers visually and enhance their learning experience. Artwork on every page in every book came from one of these creative minds.

melissa
Melissa Batiller

cassandra
Cassondra Conlin

andrea
Andrea Pescosolido

adelya
Adelya Tumasyeva

andrew
Andrew Lincoln

china
China Jones

clara
Clara Chang

steven
Steven A. Gomez

jingwen
Jingwen Ma

meimei
Meimei Mao

heidi
Heidi Perry

jasmin
Jasmin Perez

stephanie
Stephanie Lin

isabel
Isabel Patino

danielle
Danielle Pendergast

female
Akiko Neumann

jinnace
Jinnace Gray

sergi
Sergi Calavia

carson
Jackie Carson

rodriguez
Tiffany Rodriguez

santos
Cynthia Santos

female
Caitlin Stevens

szabo
Stephanie Szabo

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