Step into the AmazonInspiring change through education
Step into the AmazonMarcella Haddad was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She studied photography at the London College of Printing and Photojournalism at the University of Wales. Since 1996, Marcella has been working as a freelancer for several publications, including The Independent, The Irish Times, Boston Globe, Marie Claire and Leros. She also works for development agencies and NGOs, such as CAFOD, Help the Aged, War on Want, Joy of Sound, Christian Aid, Survival International and Kinetika. Moreover, Marcella has worked on various art projects, like ‘Cozinha Performatica’ by Marcos Moraes and the exhibition at the Pinacoteca de Sao Paulo, relating to festivals in Bahia.
For the last few years, Marcella has concentrated her efforts on two long-term projects, exploring the role of water in our lives and popular festivals around the world. After visiting Marcella’s exhibition, entitled ‘My Voice, My Life’ at the Hoopers Gallery in London, Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, stated: “Photographer Marcella Haddad is a visionary and an artist of the highest calibre”.
Through her reportages, Marcella has been fortunate to travel to many countries throughout the world, e.g. India; Guatemala; Mexico; El Salvador; Brazil; Israel; Bangladesh; Thailand; USA; Italy; France and Portugal, and is able to share her fascinating experiences with us all.
Olívia Pires Zamprogna is a young filmmaker and graphic designer, originally from Brazil, but now based in the UK. Having recently graduated from the BRIT School in London, she continues to work across mediums, such as film and animation, to explore social issues.
Emma spent fifteen years teaching many subjects across a broad age range in a variety of schools before becoming a freelance consultant and author and private tutor. Whilst her PGCE is at secondary level, with her specialism identified as geography and religious studies as a second subject, she has taught from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 5. Although much of her time has been dedicated to the teaching of geography, she has also contributed to the delivery of other subjects, largely across the humanities. During her years in the profession, she held numerous roles of responsibility alongside her teaching commitments, related both to the taught and extended curriculum. Involvement with staff and pupils at primary level has concentrated on promoting rigorous geography, geographical skills and fieldwork/’taking learning beyond the classroom’, cross-curricular links, global learning themes, higher-order thinking skills and transition.
For the past ten years or so, Emma has worked in a freelance capacity, undertaking a variety of consultancy and authoring tasks, as well as a dedicating some of her time to private tutoring. Much of what she does has a Gloucestershire or south west focus. Nevertheless, with the growth of all things virtual during the recent pandemic, her expertise is now being called upon by schools throughout the UK.
Her overriding aim is to use her creativity to inspire other educational professionals, whether they be PGCE/BEd students, NQTs/ECTs, Classroom Teachers, Subject Leaders, Key Stage Coordinators, Senior Leaders, Head Teachers or Learning and Community Engagement Officers within the heritage sector. It is hoped that they, in turn, will adopt, adapt and develop new teaching activities and provide stimulating learning experiences for all the youngsters that they come into contact with. Ultimately, if this has been achieved, then she feels that she will have had a small, but worthy, impact on our future generation of educators and learners.
