Samarqand STEM 2020

Uzbek education for all - or just the 1%?

“If you were given the space and resources to create the perfect school to develop our country’s leaders for the 21st century – what...

Eating my way across Uzbekistan

Any country that has a rich cultural history like Uzbekistan is also going to have a delicious culinary tradition as well. With huge...

Communication isn't always about the language

I open every presentation here by sharing this snippet from a Telegram post (think Twitter for Uzbekistan) - which translates from...

So what the @^&($^ is STEM anyways?

That was the response to one of my entrance cards my first week in Uzbekistan - that I gave to the 30 Uzbek teachers I'd been asked to...

Got that teacher's high today!

If any of you are teachers I bet you know what I'm talking about - that rare day where the plan really comes together in a way that the...

600 years wrapped in a 5 km run

Perhaps one of my healthiest habits, something I've been doing steadily for almost 45 years is running - I dread the day that my knees...

STEAM'in off to Uzbekistan

It's been a few years since I've strolled off into the unknown, but as I sit here in JFK Starbucks across from my Turkish Airlines gate I...

Engaging the next generation...