Mary Ellen Hill ~ Storyteller & Teacher

Resume

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Spirituality and Geo-Justice
Institute in Culture and Creation Spirituality, Oakland, CA 1988
Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with an Endorsement in Special Education
Professional Life Teaching License (Indiana), Elementary, K-6: mentally retarded, K-12
St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN 1981

CONTINUING EDUCATION and INDEPENDENT STUDIES

Graduate courses in Cosmology of Science, California Institute of Integral Studies, 1995
Certificate in Storytelling, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA 1991
Independent Studies in Storytelling, 1000 + hours 1991 - Present
Independent Studies in Cosmology of Science, 1000 + hours 1988 - Present
Graduate Courses in Children's Literature, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN 1983 - 1984
Prestigious Award of Recognition, COCO, Oakland, CA 2000 and 2002

Performances of:
WE ARE THE STARS THAT SING:
THE STORY OF THE UNIVERSE / WE ALL CONTAIN A SPARK!

An original work created and revised since 1990 with the performance debut in 1995.
This piece may be a solo storytelling or include audience interaction, and may run from 10 minutes to an hour or more in length.

We All Contain A Spark 14 week class, Oakland, CA 2024
Skyline Community Church Earth Day Service, Oakland, CA 2020
Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael, CA 2007 & 2009
St. James Episcopal 125th Anniversary Celebration, San Francisco, 2015
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Alameda, CA 2013
JFKU Mayan Calendar Celebration, Berkeley, CA 2012
North Oakland Community School Earth Day, Oakland, CA 2010
Wildwood Elementary School Earth Day, Piedmont, CA 2010
Big History Seminar, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA 2010& 2009
Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael, CA 2007 & 2009
Unity of Marin (K-4th grades), Novato, CA 2008
Growing Light Montessori School (K-4th grades), Oakland, CA 2004 & 2008
EarthLight A Night with Drew Dellinger, Oakland, CA 2007
Festival of Faiths, Center for Interfaith Relations, Louisville, KY 2007
Mount Diablo Astronomical Society, Walnut Creeek, CA 2005
Bay Side Montessori School, Oakland, CA 2005
Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland 2004, 2002 & 2001
St. Matthew's Elementary School, Indianapolis, IN 2004
Sequoia Seminar, co-faciltated with Brain Swimme, Ben Lomond, CA, 2001, 2002, 2003
Del Amigo High School, Danville, CA 2003
Unity in Marin, Novato, CA 2003 & 2002
Maria Montessori School, Rockford, IL 2002
Association of Contemplative Sisters, Mideast Regional Retreat weekend, Ferdinand, IN 2001
EarthSpirit Rising Conference, Louisville, KY, 2001
Foundation for Global Community, Palo Alto, CA 2000
California Academy of Science, Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, CA 2000& 1999
Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1999
Forest City Center for Creation Spirituality, Rockford, IL 1998
Bay Area Storytelling Festival, El Sobrante, CA 1997
Sophia Center: A Wisdom School Celebrating Earth , Art & Spirit, Oakland, CA 1997, 2012
Fromm Institute, San Francisco, CA 1995

STORYTELLING PERFORMANCES

Traditional storytelling, including folktales, fairy tales and creation myths told to small and large groups of all ages.
Locations range from schools, universities, conferences, homes, parks, museums, planetariums, and libraries.

Mi Mundo Preschool , Berkeley, CA 2014 - 2019
Piedmont Recreation Center, Piedmont, CA 2012
Berkeley Hills Nursery School Family Night, Berkeley, CA 2011
North Oakland Charter School (NOCCS), Oakland, CA 2007, 2009, 2010
Eat Bay Depot for Creative Reuse Winter Holiday Party, Oakland, CA 2009
Families With Children From China (FCC) Summer Camp Out, Point Reyes, CA 2009
Adopt A Special Kid (ASSK) fundraiser, Oakland, CA 2009
Duck Pond Preschool, Oakland, CA 2006 - Present
Sees The Day Camp, Berkeley, CA 2006 - 2012
Laurel Bookstore, Oakland, CA 2005 & 2011
Birthday Parties, Bay Area and beyond, 1990 - Present
Adventure Time After-school programs, Bay Area, CA 1990 - Present
San Lorenzo Public Library, San Lorenzo, CA 2007
North Oakland Charter School (NOCS), Oakland, CA 2007
VA Software, Fremont, CA 2007
Beth Shalom Preschool, San Leandro, CA 2006 and 2007
Saint Perpetua Elementary School, Lafayette, CA 2003, 2005, 2006 & 2007
Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, CA 2005
La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA 2005 & 2006
Ashkenaz Community Center, Berkeley, CA 2002, 2005 & 2007
Change Makers Bookstore and Laurel Bookstore, Oakland, CA 2004 & 2003
Oakland Parents Literacy Project, Various Public Schools 2004 & 2003
Los Peralas Elementary School, Lafayette, CA 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, & 2007
Kinder Care, Fremont, CA 2003
Carmel Middle School, Indianapolis, IN 2003 & 2002
Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Los Altos, CA 2001
Richardson Bay Audubon Center, Tiburon, CA 1999
Alamo Elementary School (K-5), Alamo, CA 1996, 1994 & 1993
Woodside Library, Woodside, CA 1996
Camp HA-HA This Away, Berkeley, CA 1995 - 1999
Boy Scout Troop, Oakland, CA 1992
Rainbow Preschool, Oakland, CA 1991 - 2018
Sulpher Creek Nature Center, Unhaunted House & Aquatics Fair, Hayward, CA 1991
UC Botanical Gardens, Earth Day, Berkeley, CA 1990

RADIO INTERVIEWS
KBPC Podcast
Wednesday, April, 15, 2009
Listen to Mary Ellen on KBPC

KBPC's twenty-fifth podcast, in keeping with this year's theme - What's Your Story? - features an interview with local storyteller, Mary Ellen Hill.
Sixth grade Ezra asks Ms. Hill how she became a storyteller and what is the source of her inspiration.

What's a storyteller without a story? Ezra thought just that, and he invited Mary Ellen Hill back to tell a story.
Ms. Hill tells a Siberian folk tale called, The Hunter and The Tiger.
Listen to Mary Ellen on KBPC

Radio Interview with Robin White Turtle Lysne
Listen to Mary Ellen's radio Interview with Robin White Turtle Lysne
Robin and Mary Ellen explore the Starwitz Harry Potter Camp.

Interview with Logan Vincent
Listen to Logan Vincent, a talented Laney college student
whom Mary Ellen has known since his pre-school days,
interview Headmistress ME about her Stariwtz class.

PUBLICATIONS
EarthLight: The Magazine of Spiritual Ecology,
"Storytelling as Wisdom: The Love Fruit", Summer 1996
www.earthlight.org/essay39_hill.html

TEACHING EXPERIENCE, WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES, Adults

Visiting Professor at UCB English Class, Berkeley, CA 2014
Emeryville Child Development Center:Tips on Using Puppets in the Classroom, Emeryville, CA 2013
Unity of Marin, Novato, CA 2008
Festival of Faiths, Louisville, KY 2007
Tri City Church of Religious Science, Union City, CA 2005
4 H Afterschool Child Care Program, Auburn, CA 2004, 2005
BAEER Fair, San Rafael, CA 2004
St. Matthew's Elementary School - Teacher Inservice, Indianapolis, IN 2003
Earth Voice Center for Ecological Education, Volo, IL 2002
Association for Contemplative Sisters, Ferdinand, IN 2001
Sycamore Hollow Retreat Center, Celina, TN 2001
Faith Communities Earth Day Conference, Berkeley, CA 1997
S.F. Jewish Community Center After School Program - Teacher Inservice, CA 1997
Preschool Storytelling Class, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA 1994
Belvedere - Hawthorne Nursery School Inservice, Belvedere, CA 1993

TEACHING EXPERIENCE, WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES, Children

Starwitz (Harry Potter ) Home-school Class, Oakland, CA 2014 -2016
Stitching Classes, Oakland, CA 2012 - Present
Adoption Club, Oakland, CA 2011 - Present
FAD PAD Summer/Holiday Camps, Oakland, CA, 2011-present
Starwitz (Harry Potter ) After-School Classes, Piedmont & Oakland, CA 2010 - 2019
Theater Arts Class at Hillcrest Elementary School, Oakland, CA 2008 - 2019
Adoptees Connecting Class, Berkeley, CA 2008 - 2010
Puppets and Pie Performance Arts Classes, Berkeley, CA 1999- 2010
Adventure Time Before and After School Care Program, (K-5) Oakland, CA 1988 - 2019
Holy Cross Central School (K-8), Third Grade, Indianapolis, IN 1984-1986
Good Shepherd School (1-8), Second Grade, Denver, CO 1983
St. Mary's School (1-5), Fifth Grade, Las Animas, CO 1982
FAD PAD Summer/Holiday Camps, Oakland, CA, 2011 - Present

Home Storytelling FAD PAD Enrichment Classes FAD PAD Holiday Camps FAD PAD Summer Camps Adoptees Connecting We All Contain a Spark My Speciality Spark Song Cosmic Spiral Walk Chants / Songs Photos Videos Stories Love Fruit Songs Links Links Bibliography Rates FAD PAD Safety Guidelines Contact Me About Me About Me Performance Highlights Resume Press Release Audience Feedback 30th Anniversary
Mary Ellen Hill ~ Storyteller & Teacher Resume EDUCATION Master of Arts in Spirituality and Geo-Justice Institute in Culture and Creation Spirituality, Oakland, CA 1988 Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with an Endorsement in Special Education Professional Life Teaching License (Indiana), Elementary, K-6: mentally retarded, K-12 St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN 1981 CONTINUING EDUCATION and INDEPENDENT STUDIES Graduate courses in Cosmology of Science, California Institute of Integral Studies, 1995 Certificate in Storytelling, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA 1991 Independent Studies in Storytelling, 1000 + hours 1991 - Present Independent Studies in Cosmology of Science, 1000 + hours 1988 - Present Graduate Courses in Children's Literature, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN 1983 - 1984 Prestigious Award of Recognition, COCO, Oakland, CA 2000 and 2002 Performances of: WE ARE THE STARS THAT SING: THE STORY OF THE UNIVERSE / WE ALL CONTAIN A SPARK! An original work created and revised since 1990 with the performance debut in 1995. This piece may be a solo storytelling or include audience interaction, and may run from 10 minutes to an hour or more in length. We All Contain A Spark 14 week class, Oakland, CA 2024 Skyline Community Church Earth Day Service, Oakland, CA 2020 Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael, CA 2007 & 2009 St. James Episcopal 125th Anniversary Celebration, San Francisco, 2015 Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Alameda, CA 2013 JFKU Mayan Calendar Celebration, Berkeley, CA 2012 North Oakland Community School Earth Day, Oakland, CA 2010 Wildwood Elementary School Earth Day, Piedmont, CA 2010 Big History Seminar, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA 2010& 2009 Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael, CA 2007 & 2009 Unity of Marin (K-4th grades), Novato, CA 2008 Growing Light Montessori School (K-4th grades), Oakland, CA 2004 & 2008 EarthLight A Night with Drew Dellinger, Oakland, CA 2007 Festival of Faiths, Center for Interfaith Relations, Louisville, KY 2007 Mount Diablo Astronomical Society, Walnut Creeek, CA 2005 Bay Side Montessori School, Oakland, CA 2005 Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland 2004, 2002 & 2001 St. Matthew's Elementary School, Indianapolis, IN 2004 Sequoia Seminar, co-faciltated with Brain Swimme, Ben Lomond, CA, 2001, 2002, 2003 Del Amigo High School, Danville, CA 2003 Unity in Marin, Novato, CA 2003 & 2002 Maria Montessori School, Rockford, IL 2002 Association of Contemplative Sisters, Mideast Regional Retreat weekend, Ferdinand, IN 2001 EarthSpirit Rising Conference, Louisville, KY, 2001 Foundation for Global Community, Palo Alto, CA 2000 California Academy of Science, Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, CA 2000& 1999 Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1999 Forest City Center for Creation Spirituality, Rockford, IL 1998 Bay Area Storytelling Festival, El Sobrante, CA 1997 Sophia Center: A Wisdom School Celebrating Earth , Art & Spirit, Oakland, CA 1997, 2012 Fromm Institute, San Francisco, CA 1995 STORYTELLING PERFORMANCES Traditional storytelling, including folktales, fairy tales and creation myths told to small and large groups of all ages. Locations range from schools, universities, conferences, homes, parks, museums, planetariums, and libraries. Mi Mundo Preschool , Berkeley, CA 2014 - 2019 Piedmont Recreation Center, Piedmont, CA 2012 Berkeley Hills Nursery School Family Night, Berkeley, CA 2011 North Oakland Charter School (NOCCS), Oakland, CA 2007, 2009, 2010 Eat Bay Depot for Creative Reuse Winter Holiday Party, Oakland, CA 2009 Families With Children From China (FCC) Summer Camp Out, Point Reyes, CA 2009 Adopt A Special Kid (ASSK) fundraiser, Oakland, CA 2009 Duck Pond Preschool, Oakland, CA 2006 - Present Sees The Day Camp, Berkeley, CA 2006 - 2012 Laurel Bookstore, Oakland, CA 2005 & 2011 Birthday Parties, Bay Area and beyond, 1990 - Present Adventure Time After-school programs, Bay Area, CA 1990 - Present San Lorenzo Public Library, San Lorenzo, CA 2007 North Oakland Charter School (NOCS), Oakland, CA 2007 VA Software, Fremont, CA 2007 Beth Shalom Preschool, San Leandro, CA 2006 and 2007 Saint Perpetua Elementary School, Lafayette, CA 2003, 2005, 2006 & 2007 Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, CA 2005 La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA 2005 & 2006 Ashkenaz Community Center, Berkeley, CA 2002, 2005 & 2007 Change Makers Bookstore and Laurel Bookstore, Oakland, CA 2004 & 2003 Oakland Parents Literacy Project, Various Public Schools 2004 & 2003 Los Peralas Elementary School, Lafayette, CA 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, & 2007 Kinder Care, Fremont, CA 2003 Carmel Middle School, Indianapolis, IN 2003 & 2002 Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Los Altos, CA 2001 Richardson Bay Audubon Center, Tiburon, CA 1999 Alamo Elementary School (K-5), Alamo, CA 1996, 1994 & 1993 Woodside Library, Woodside, CA 1996 Camp HA-HA This Away, Berkeley, CA 1995 - 1999 Boy Scout Troop, Oakland, CA 1992 Rainbow Preschool, Oakland, CA 1991 - 2018 Sulpher Creek Nature Center, Unhaunted House & Aquatics Fair, Hayward, CA 1991 UC Botanical Gardens, Earth Day, Berkeley, CA 1990 RADIO INTERVIEWS KBPC Podcast Wednesday, April, 15, 2009 Listen to Mary Ellen on KBPC KBPC's twenty-fifth podcast, in keeping with this year's theme - What's Your Story? - features an interview with local storyteller, Mary Ellen Hill. Sixth grade Ezra asks Ms. Hill how she became a storyteller and what is the source of her inspiration. What's a storyteller without a story? Ezra thought just that, and he invited Mary Ellen Hill back to tell a story. Ms. Hill tells a Siberian folk tale called, The Hunter and The Tiger. Listen to Mary Ellen on KBPC Radio Interview with Robin White Turtle Lysne Listen to Mary Ellen's radio Interview with Robin White Turtle Lysne Robin and Mary Ellen explore the Starwitz Harry Potter Camp. Interview with Logan Vincent Listen to Logan Vincent, a talented Laney college student whom Mary Ellen has known since his pre-school days, interview Headmistress ME about her Stariwtz class. PUBLICATIONS EarthLight: The Magazine of Spiritual Ecology, "Storytelling as Wisdom: The Love Fruit", Summer 1996 www.earthlight.org/essay39_hill.html TEACHING EXPERIENCE, WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES, Adults Visiting Professor at UCB English Class, Berkeley, CA 2014 Emeryville Child Development Center:Tips on Using Puppets in the Classroom, Emeryville, CA 2013 Unity of Marin, Novato, CA 2008 Festival of Faiths, Louisville, KY 2007 Tri City Church of Religious Science, Union City, CA 2005 4 H Afterschool Child Care Program, Auburn, CA 2004, 2005 BAEER Fair, San Rafael, CA 2004 St. Matthew's Elementary School - Teacher Inservice, Indianapolis, IN 2003 Earth Voice Center for Ecological Education, Volo, IL 2002 Association for Contemplative Sisters, Ferdinand, IN 2001 Sycamore Hollow Retreat Center, Celina, TN 2001 Faith Communities Earth Day Conference, Berkeley, CA 1997 S.F. Jewish Community Center After School Program - Teacher Inservice, CA 1997 Preschool Storytelling Class, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA 1994 Belvedere - Hawthorne Nursery School Inservice, Belvedere, CA 1993 TEACHING EXPERIENCE, WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES, Children Starwitz (Harry Potter ) Home-school Class, Oakland, CA 2014 -2016 Stitching Classes, Oakland, CA 2012 - Present Adoption Club, Oakland, CA 2011 - Present FAD PAD Summer/Holiday Camps, Oakland, CA, 2011-present Starwitz (Harry Potter ) After-School Classes, Piedmont & Oakland, CA 2010 - 2019 Theater Arts Class at Hillcrest Elementary School, Oakland, CA 2008 - 2019 Adoptees Connecting Class, Berkeley, CA 2008 - 2010 Puppets and Pie Performance Arts Classes, Berkeley, CA 1999- 2010 Adventure Time Before and After School Care Program, (K-5) Oakland, CA 1988 - 2019 Holy Cross Central School (K-8), Third Grade, Indianapolis, IN 1984-1986 Good Shepherd School (1-8), Second Grade, Denver, CO 1983 St. Mary's School (1-5), Fifth Grade, Las Animas, CO 1982 FAD PAD Summer/Holiday Camps, Oakland, CA, 2011 - Present
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