Hear what our partners and clients have to say…
“I was particularly impressed with how the training "flowed"; the pacing, transition and clearly defined outcomes "made" the training very worthwhile”.- Tom Whitmire, Principal
“Studio Pathways has supported Turnaround Arts in a moment of deep and adaptive growth for our organization, as we committed to elevating our work with anti-racist, culturally-responsive teaching and learning through the arts, we've been really fortunate to receive support from Mariah and Jessa. Their approach to professional development mirrors our own values for inquiry-based learning, and challenges teachers to do the important work of studying their own identities, interrogating their own biases, and asking the critically important question, “Does our curriculum love our students?” -Winston Cox, Director of Implementation, Turnaround Arts/The Kennedy Center
“A professional learning experience like none other...I have had teachers reach out to me and say that they have completely shifted their focus for the current year and the upcoming school year to focus on a more Equity centered approach.” -Amy Robinson, Program Manager, Solano County Office of Education
“Studio Pathways has been a partner of turnaround Arts California over the last few years. Mariah and Jessa have poured their decades of teaching expertise into establishing a truly transformative culturally responsive teaching and learning framework for educators, resulting in greater and pack for students of color. The Studio Pathways model fosters deep exploration of self and empathy for others. It has certainly expanded my professional equity and inclusion lens and helped me to collaborate better with my colleagues to ground the work we do at Turnaround Arts CA in cultural responsiveness.” -Heather Heslup, Former Program & Implementation Manager, Turnaround Arts CA
“Mariah and Jessa of Studio Pathways truly embody in their every action in the way they approach their work, what it means to use love as a transformative vehicle to address social justice and healing in our communities. It’s been an honor to work with them and learn from them through my work as director of leadership and social change program at Stanford University.” -Diane Friedlaender, Stanford University
“Studio Pathways is an essential partner for educators and artists to reach their full potential. They are the wings which provide flight to any org willing to do the work to heal and soar. Mariah and Jessa deepen any practice with real learning. Chapter 510 has been transformed by their approach to racial justice through an arts education lens.” -Janet Heller, Executive Director, Chapter 510
The Studio Pathways team, over the course of 4 and a half years, not only became an extension of our community, but the beating heart and consciousness of it….Working with Studio Pathways at the peak of our programming was a dance of trust - used to challenge one another and ultimately ourselves to be smarter, more humanistic, loving, artists. Teacher artists, coaching artists, even principal artists - to illustrate and imagine a world that we ourselves would want to live in. That was the unexpected gift of the Studio Pathways team and organization. - Geoff Vu, Principal
