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juanita brown replied to Marcela von Vacano's discussion 'Marcela von Vacano's story'

Hola Marcela, Bienvenidos al World Cafe comunidad virtual! Are you a friend of Adriano Pianesi's? He and David recently hosted a lovely gathering in the Washington area of friends of the World Cafe....were you there? If not, let me know and…

Apr 27, 2010

Marcela von Vacano's story

Hello! I am not sure if this is the way to start a conversation but I will learn soon. My name is Marcela von Vacano and I was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. I am a bilingual elementary school teacher/ specialist in Arlington Public Schools and I have two daughters and a son. My husband, Arturo von Vacano is a writer. As you know, many countries in Latin America were ruled by dictators, Bolivia was one of them. So in 1980, we had to escape Bolivia and became political refugees in the U.S. My…See More

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Marcela von Vacano is now a member of The World Cafe Community Apr 18, 2010

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Please indicate World Café experience in one or more of the following roles.: Participant

If you are new to the World Cafe, would you please share how you heard about this community?: I attended one session with David Isaacs on Friday, April 16, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia.

In what field is the primary focus of your World Café work?: Education

What knowledge, skills or resources would you like to contribute to the World Café community to help it grow and flourish?: I would like to share my experience as an educator with 25 years of experience in the field of second language acquisition and bilingual education as well as family involvemente.

What would you most like to receive from this community?: Knowledge that participants bring to the table

What haven't we asked that you'd like to share?: My cultural background and ethnicity.

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At 7:06am on March 17, 2011, Adriano Pianesi said…: Hello, Adriano here from Alexandria, VA. Did you know about this event?

Leader-SHIFT: A Conversational Leadership Lab to nurture Innovation

with David Isaacs - World Cafe' co-creator - on April 7 and 8th in Arlington, VA?

I will go! I hope to meet you there!

Adriano Pianesi a@pactionc.com

At 4:01pm on April 23, 2010, Benjamin Aaron Degenhart said…: thanks a lot Marcela - appreciate you seeing me like this, draws a warm smile in my face :) thank you very much!
great diversity you bring Marcela, overlapping and intersecting cultural circles... much juice and learning in the thresholds...
running out of time! yes, i sense that too.

At 11:42am on April 23, 2010, david isaacs said…: Welcome, Marcella... so great to meet you in Alexandria....
perhaps you'll share some of your stories here...
also, you might want to check some of the Latin groups that are here

Be well,

David Isaacs

At 3:39pm on April 18, 2010, Benjamin Aaron Degenhart said…: Welcome Marcela, great that you joined this World Cafe Online Community of Learning and Practice :)
Perfect to join the virtual space after a face2face experience with David - that makes it so much more alive and hopefully meaningful!

25years... bows to the rich experiences you are carrying Marcela! May this space serve you well and trigger your contributions here and there...

What is your cultural background and ethnicity?

Please let me know if i can help you with anything in this space,
Benjamin [Global Communications team member]

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