Eduardo has been a leader in the summer and out-of-school time field since the age of 12. From middle school through college, he worked his way up each summer from volunteer to Assistant Camp Director for San Francisco Recreation & Parks. After graduating Cornell University with a degree in Psychology, Eduardo became a Center Director for SCORE! Educational Centers, an afterschool tutoring subsidiary of Kaplan. Four years later he combined his passion for camp and learning and co-founded Edventure More with his dear friend and mentor, Sharon Mor. Eduardo’s passion for enrichment lives through his work and his commitment to bring equal access to high-quality enrichment to all children. In addition to serving as Executive Director of Edventure More, Eduardo has been active on the SF Department of Children & Youth’s Summer Work Group, The Big Lift collaborative’s Inspiring Summers Workgroup in the Peninsula, the Marin Promise in Marin County and the Oakland Summer Learning Network. He has also represented the Bay Area at summer funding lobbying events at the state capitol through CalSAC. Eduardo contributes to the field as a speaker at local and national summer and afterschool conferences. He has led workshops on Authentic Leadership, The Maker Mindset, and Social Emotional Learning at the National Summer Learning Association Conference, National Afterschool Association Conference, BOOST, and SXSWedu. He has completed the Leadership for Equity & Opportunity (LEO) learning-in-action program and is learning to be a better equity ally every day.

Sharon is devoted to making the world a better place by helping people foster, express and be their authentic selves in both their work and personal lives. For the last 25 years of her professional life, Sharon has devoted herself to leadership development, transformational work and education. A graduate of UCLA, Sharon is also a Hoffman Institute Teacher, a certified Life Coach and a Master Business Coach, and has integrated all of her trainings to create an internal coaching program where EDMO® staff are encouraged and celebrated for doing courageous personal and professional work. To Sharon there is no better time than right now to guide both adults and children to be kind, courageous and curious.

Courtney has held a variety of roles at Camp EDMO® since February 2012 and has most recently stepped into the COO role after our pivot into the world of online learning! She has been working to educate children in a variety of settings since she was 13 years old, starting as the manager of a kid’s martial arts program and then finding her passion for summer camp when she began directing a Humane Education camp while working towards her Animal Science degree. After graduating from Calpoly, San Luis Obispo and spending many years in the shelter industry, including working for two years as a surgery technician for veterinary medicine, she decided to make the exciting switch to a full-time emphasis on education with her move to the Bay Area to join Camp EDMO®. When Courtney isn’t working she is hanging out at home with her new baby girl and two awesome pups.

Sarah has been working at the intersection of education and philanthropy for the past 18 years. Sarah is a “get to the point” passionate relationship-builder who specializes in helping organizations and their people make an impact through fundraising. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Sarah loves connecting with people and building community, finding joy personally and professionally in facilitating meaning in people’s lives.

Rachel is excited to take on the role as Recruiting & HR Manager! After directing camp 3 years ago, she fell in love with all things EDMO and never left. Growing up Rachel was a serial day camper turned CIT and counselor. She’s a huge fan of what camp experiences can do to enhance a child’s growth and capacity to learn. Before going back to school for her masters in advertising, she taught enrichment classes, worked at an after-school program, and taught first grade and Kindergarten. Prior to joining the EDMO team, Rachel spent her days teaching and training adults on how to improve their work performance and helping brands build connections with their customers. This experience helped her figure out her love for Human Resources with a strong focus on the human part! She’s been the Recruiting Manager for the last year and is now delighted to take on all other parts of Human Resources. Outside of work, Rachel likes to read, write, explore, cuddle with her cats, and see live music (stream it for the time being).

Kendra has always wanted to work with children and joined EDMO® with years of experience working in various educational roles. She earned a degree in Education and her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. While earning her degree, Kendra worked at the local humane society where she directed a humane education camp. Kendra spent her first four summers with EDMO® working as an Instructor and Director for the Palo Alto and Fremont locations and has spent the past three years as the South Bay/Peninsula Region Manager and School Year Programs Manager. Kendra is now in the exciting new role of Programs Director where she is excited to continue to develop and create new programs for EDMO® while getting to provide development and training for programs staff.

Brittny is pleased to be a new addition to the EDMO team as the Curriculum Manager. She has been a high school science teacher for the last 8 years as well as an Activities Director and ASB Leadership Program Director. In her years as an educator, she has taught Chemistry, Earth Science, Health, AVID and Leadership. Her love for camp was birthed from attending summer camps as a kid and working summers as a camp counselor at the Learn-by-doing Lab Summer Camp, at her alma mater, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She is passionate about helping campers connect with their innate creativity and fostering community amongst differing race, gender and economic backgrounds. She loves nature, reading, good food, comedy and of course, Harry Potter.

Growing up, Mandee spent the majority of her days at her mom's in-home daycare, where she developed a passion for helping children grow. She took this passion for helping all children learn and began working as a behavioral therapist, providing ABA therapy to children with special needs. While attending college to obtain her teaching credential Mandee worked as the assistant director for a preschool, which is where she found she excelled the most by assisting and building rapport with families from behind the scenes. After exploring different opportunities in Customer Relations over the years, Mandee found her dream company when she joined the EDMO® team in Spring 2019 as an Administrative Assistant. Mandee is now stepping into the role of Customer Relations Director where she strives to provide all of our EDMO® families with the best Customer Service possible and is thrilled about building a team that shares in that same drive.

Joe is a programmer, designer, gamer, and educator. Since graduating from UC Santa Cruz in 2013 with a major in Computer Game Design, he’s worked to harness the power of games in education — writing game-based curriculum, developing game-based learning resources for other educators, and generally keeping classroom computers from catching fire. Having initially joined EDMO™ in 2016 as a tech curriculum writer, Joe now leads the IT & Systems department, programming and maintaining new tools to help streamline EDMO’s operations as much as possible. Though he now spends most of his time weaving the mystic runes of Google Spreadsheets, he still finds time to help build a new lesson plan in Minecraft here and there.

Ash Forrest is a marketing support and digital creative for EDMO. She is passionate about social justice and equity in arts and education. She is also an abstract artist!

After spending two summers as the Rocklin Camp Director and three summers as the Sacramento Region Manager, Miranda is thrilled for her 6th year with EDMO as a General Programs Manager. She graduated from California State University, Chico with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and has a passion for teaching science! Miranda worked as an Camp EDMO® instructor, an instructor at Chico State’s Hands-On Science Lab, worked as a summer camp leader for the Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe, and was previously the Camp EDMO® School Year Programs Coordinator for the Sacramento area. She’s also a nationally certified EMT to help keep the kiddos safe! Miranda can’t wait to continue bringing her summer camp spirit and experience with EDMO® to the home office team. She loves science and camp!

After her tenure at California State University Chico, Kenia joined the EDMO® Sacramento team when the region debuted in 2015. With her early childhood care experience and good-heartedness, Kenia has risen through the ranks from School Year Presenter, to Summer Instructor, to Camp Director, to the year-round EDMO Junior Pre-K Curriculum Manager and Sacramento Area Outreach Manager to Programs Manager for EDMO Live!. You can find her starring in several EDMO® YouTube curriculum videos or stepping in as the fearless Camp Director of our Rocklin camp. Kenia loves to work with children of all ages and loves how the organization values completely align with her values. Kenia’s passion is to create fun and educational projects that make kids fall in love with science.

Janise is excited to return to EDMO as a Programs Manager! Janise joined EDMO 4 years ago as an instructor and then became a Camp Director for the next 3 years. Janise has always had a passion for education and programming so she is excited to use her experience and education to continue supporting EDMO families and staff. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Janise continued her education at the University of Houston. While completing her Masters in Higher Education, Janise worked in student activities and career services. Janise has worked with students from pre-k to graduate students and believes in empowering others to be who they are and chase their dreams. When Janise is not working, she is working on completing a doctorate degree in education, performing spoken word, reading, hiking, and volunteering.

My name is Helena Ortiz and I have been working with the youth for over 11 years. I am a mother to a 7-year-old girl who I love to spend time with. Besides spending time with my daughter I love to shop, eat and enjoy the outdoors. This will be my second school year with Camp EDMO and I am very excited to have fun with the students and be able to provide a safe, engaging and eventful program. I look forward to having your child attend our program and continue to expand their learning!

Karlynn is thrilled to be joining the EDMO team as a Region Manager! Since 2007, she has worked in summer camps, after-school and other youth enrichment programs throughout the Bay Area. She discovered her passion for experiential learning and inclusion after studying Early Childhood Education in college. Karlynn is a mom of 2 boys and a Bay Area native. She lives in her hometown of Pacifica where she loves to go to the beach, play basketball and take her dog, Cyrus on adventures.

Olajuwon is ecstatic to be joining EDMO for his first year as a Region manager. This past Summer, he served as the site coordinator for San Diego and loved it so much, he wanted to continue working with EDMO in the future. He comes to EDMO with plenty of experience working with kids of all ages. He has been a classroom teacher, youth sports coach, and an advocate for individuals with intellectual disabilities. For the past three years, Olajuwon has spent time marketing and coordinating events for school districts, sports organizations, and non-profits. He is passionate about positively impacting the youth and bridging the gap between communities. He graduated from the University of North Florida in 2016 where he received a dual bachelors degree in Political Science and Public Relations. Outside of work, you may catch Olajuwon emceeing a sports event or trivia night as he has a passion for public speaking as well. He is extremely excited to get started and show the San Diego community all that EDMO has to offer.

Ekko is so stoked to be joining EDMO as a Region Manager. For the past three years, Ekko taught 7th grade English and Language Arts and was a Middle School Special Education teacher in Houston, TX. Ekko has also been a camp counselor in Alton Bay, New Hampshire for an overnight camp called Camp Deer Run where she discovered her love for summer camp culture. She is passionate about creating and sustaining opportunities for youth to cultivate their minds and building their character! Ekko graduated from Biola University in 2015 where she received her Bachelor's of Arts in Communication Studies and minor in Biblical Studies. She also graduated with her Masters in Education and Curriculum with an emphasis in Early Childhood (EC) Education through 6th grade and Special Education EC-12th grade from Houston Baptist University in 2018. When Ekko is not working, she loves to hike, do just about anything outdoors, play with her dog Zailey, work on her Business Coach and Resume Editing Business, cook and workout! She is super excited to bring her love and joy for camp to EDMO and connect Austin with all that EDMO has to offer!

Amy has joined the EDMO team after spending the last 8 years working in education. Amy brings with her a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, a Masters’s degree in Education, and two years of coding and robotics education. She has worked with kids from ages 4 to 14 (and their teachers) and knows that there is something special to be discovered and learned at any age! Amy is excited to be joining EDMO as a Curriculum Developer so that she can continue to create new and exciting activities for kids of all ages. After work, Amy loves spending time outside, learning new recipes in the kitchen, and planning trips to new places!

Keturah has a fifteen-year background in education. She's taught middle and high school in the public and private sectors across three different continents. She also has led teams of teachers in developing social-emotional curriculum as well as academic modules for English Language Arts and Social Studies. An avid traveler, Keturah enjoys extended stays in East Africa and South America, and tries to take a break from the United States every few months. She always returns to the love of her life - New York City - where she takes in art, music, drinks and eats (and other shenanigans) with her lifelong friends. Keturah holds a Masters degree from New York University, where she also taught as an adjunct professor and mentored pre-service teachers. She's looking forward to joining the EDMO team as a Curriculum Developer.

Dustyn is excited to join the EDMO IT team! Originally from Southern California, Dustyn currently lives near Kansas City with his wife and four kids. A graduate of Missouri Western State University with a degree in History and Philosophy, Dustyn has spent his career working with children either in the non-profit field or as an educator. He is a huge fan of music and plays guitar, piano, drums, saxophone, bass, and pretty much anything he can get his hands on. He and his family love to travel and take trips as often as possible. His overall life ambition is to turn into Captain Ron and spend his life sailing.

Elana is thrilled to be joining EDMO as a Customer Relations Specialist. She hopes to provide families with the best customer service experience by sharing information about the exciting programs at EDMO. Elana has spent the past seven years working as an Assistant Director and Early Childhood Teacher in Illinois. Elana is a proud Alumni of Purdue Global University, with a degree in Early Childhood Education and Human Services Youth and Family Administration. She loves working with the youth and their families. In addition, Elana is very passionate about advocating for those who struggle with mental illness. She is a devoted mother of six plus one Great Pyrenees dog. She enjoys quality time with her family, decorating her home, and is obsessed with creating in her planner.

Marissa is originally from Arizona, where she spent several years working with preschool through middle school aged children. After graduating college, she took a trip to Belize to get her Yoga Teacher Certification and decided to never leave! Now, Marissa lives on a small island in the Caribbean Sea. She joined the EDMO community over a year ago as an Online Camp Instructor, loving everything that EDMO represents and stands for. She is thrilled to be providing her skills in multiple departments within the company, now working as a Customer Relations Specialist, where she is able to make stronger connections with our EDMO families. When she’s not helping our EDMO families, she’s either 70 feet below water, diving with the reef sharks, or she’s sharing her passion for yoga somewhere on a dock, overlooking the ocean.