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John Canning

Chief Technology Officer

Vice President, Director Developer Relations – Creators at AMD, Former Vice president of Interactive Experiences at NBC Universal.

Dr. Maria-Gracia Inglessis

Chief Qualitative Analysis Specialist

Multicultural Qualitative Researcher and Strategist.

Harry Karidis

Productions Manager

Harry Karidis is an accomplished producer, director and cinematographer with 25 years of national and international experience. He founded and is the CEO of his own production company and is a member of METal International, MENSA and the Singularity Executive Program. After over 30 years of work, his current focus is on the combination of the power of digital technology and persuasive storytelling to create meaningful relationships between brands and end users. Harry’s experience, talent and knowledge of current market conditions proves invaluable in the exponential change that is causing massive disruption in all areas of society.

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Nina Linh

CEO, Founder

Founder, fierce mother, trailblazing seasoned executive, dedicated to empowering young minds. With a rich background in the entertainment industry and finance, her extensive experience in business, content creation, marketing, and finance has provided her with a deep understanding of industry dynamics.  This enables her to lead initiatives with innovative strategies along with a fresh dynamic perspective that cut right to the core of transformation. 

Nina Linh

Executive Director and Founder

Founder, fierce mother, trailblazing seasoned executive, dedicated to empowering young minds. With a rich background in the entertainment industry and finance, her extensive experience in business, content creation, marketing, and finance has provided her with a deep understanding of industry dynamics.  This enables her to lead initiatives with innovative strategies along with a fresh dynamic perspective that cut right to the core of transformation. 

Dr. Albert "Skip" Rizzo

Chief Academic & Clinical Consultant

Dr. Rizzo is the Director of Medical VR at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. Over the last 25 years, Skip has conducted research on the design, development and evaluation of VR systems across the domains of psychological, cognitive and motor functioning in healthy and clinical populations. In spite of the diversity of these clinical R&D areas, the common thread that drives all of his work with digital technologies involves the study of how Virtual Reality simulations can be usefully applied to human healthcare beyond what is possible with traditional 20th Century methods.

Dave Stein

Chief Strategy Officer

Served as Senior Vice President of Sales for Warner Bros. Records, where he was employed for 32 years.

Tuqa Youssef

Director of Operations

Tuqa Youssef has spent years fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and growth within her teams. She has an extensive background in communications and product management in the nonprofit and technology sector.  Adept in emotional intelligence, content creation, product management, and business acumen, Tuqa now focuses her time on applying these skills towards empowering organizations through her work. Tuqa graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego with a Bachelor in Public Relations with a minor in Health Science and a Master’s in Information Systems at Touro College.

  • About Us
    • Our Mission
    • Our Story
    • Contact Us
  • Our Team
    • Our Board members
    • Our Partners
  • How it works
    • Socio-Emotional Learning
    • Gamification of Education
    • Power of Storytelling
    • Science Corner
    • Effects of Trauma
    • Help Adolescents Address Trauma
  • Programs
    • The Right Choice Program
    • Express Yourself Program
    • The Belief Program
  • Blog