Nurtured Inspirations

Diana is an international Early Childhood consultant, artist and ardent traveler. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Diana coined the term Tarry Time in her Doctoral thesis. She is twice a Fulbright Senior Scholar, the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni of Onondaga Community College Award and the Alumni Community Service Award from The College of Brockport, NY, and on the William Nottingham High School’s Wall of Fame. Caring deeply, she spends her life offering her professional skills and personal resources to empower children and those who work with them.Diana created Stonework Play in Nepal in 2011 as a means to foster creativity in children used to rote memorization, without burdening a school's budget. Enthusiasm for her method encouraged her to introduce it throughout the US and abroad. Stonework Play inspires children and adults to create meaningful stories through contact with nature; something Diana passionately believes today’s world needs. Former associate professor of education, Dr. Suskind served for thirty years at Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA.

For over 32 years, Susan Wright has shared a passion with educators and parents who guide, nurture, and inspire children. Working collaboratively with children, she works alongside educators and parents to make visible children’s thinking as a way to honour each child’s human experience and unique ways of being. As a teacher, researcher, author, and pedagogical leader, Susan brings a fresh perspective to education through the relationships she builds with educators and parents. As the Founder of the newest collective in education, Susan created Nurtured Inspirations as a way to connect globally with individuals and teams of educators and parents looking to share together as intellectual partners building learning relationships alongside children. Susan travels internationally and collaborates virtually with those wishing to build lasting learning partnerships that share in rich educational endeavours. Susan has visited schools in Canada, the United States, and Italy to study children’s thinking and learning, and to engage in pedagogical dialogue around educator practise.