Daniel Stee

founder/Consultant/Facilitator

Daniel Stee brings nearly 30 years of experience working with families and children in diverse learning environments, including global studies, alternative schools, homeschooling, and democratic learning communities. As a lifelong learner, mentor, and curriculum developer, Daniel is dedicated to empowering young individuals to discover their own unique learning paths, pursue their passions, and acquire the necessary education to achieve their goals. His advocacy for learner-centered education, diversity, and global community-mindedness drives him to support learners in navigating the world and embracing its mysteries.

With a Masters of Arts in Teaching, an undergraduate degree in literature and fine arts, and a diploma in education, Daniel is captivated by the limitless potential of the human spirit to shape learning and education in unexpected ways. Throughout his career and personal journey, he has strived to comprehend the intricacies of learning processes and ensure that individuals receive recognition for the skills and abilities they develop through their unique pursuit of knowledge. He emphasizes the significance of community engagement as a means to acquire essential collaboration and co-creation skills necessary for meaningful interactions and personal growth.

Daniel firmly believes that learning and education are continuous endeavors. Beyond his professional and SDE/SDL pursuits, he is passionate about exploring the interconnectedness of nature, constructing eco-friendly structures using locally sourced materials, creating genre-defying music inspired by each composition's unique essence, and engaging in various forms of arts, crafts, and writing. He cherishes the companionship of his closest friend and life partner, with whom he has raised two daughters. Both daughters have followed distinct educational paths—one thriving in mainstream schools and the other finding success through homeschooling and unschooling, all while contributing meaningfully to their respective communities.

Sierra Allen

Consultant/Facilitator

Sierra is an ever-changing and becoming person of mixed backgrounds and identities, She grew up in northwest Canada and Central America and has Chinese and European ancestry. She is guided by mystery and relational aliveness and most at home among trees and rocks in wild spaces. Her work involves supporting the creation of spaces and cultures where humans of all ages can be their authentic alive selves such that they can be more present to the interconnectedness of life and naturally be of service to each other and the earth.

Jess Chin

Consultant

From childhood, Jessica has been concerned with the idea of justice, the ways of communication and the cohesion of community. She wanted “everyone to get along”, believing she was a born and bred mediator. At the same time, she often felt that she was misunderstood, alone, an outsider.

Jessica camped, travelled, meditated, went to college, university, worked in the government, got a house, became a parent and instead of fitting in, she realized that her child also experienced the world in a unique way and felt different. Jessica made it her mission to understand the struggles that she and her child experienced by studying and exploring ideas in parenting, joined different education groups and eventually found herself participating in the neurodiverse communities. Jessica is now dedicated to a world where all types of learning styles are accommodated.