Our Team
Cynthia Harrison Barbera
Founder & CEO
Dr. Omprakash Gnawali
Chief Technology Officer
Devon Merriman
UX Designer, Illustrator, Marketing
Shyam Gnawali
Full Stack Engineer
Madison Moncrief-Allen
Operations Manager
Mafe Pulido Duarte
Spanish Linguist
Ally Lam
Production Coordinator, Mandarin Linguist
Dean Galbreath
Technology Support
Advisors & Board members
Dr. Rosemary Garcia Fontana
Stanford Ph.D, Bilingual Educator, Ethnographer
Tom Kalinske
LeapFrog, Mattel, Sega America, Knowledge Universe, Global Education Learning
Dr. Rebecca Silverman
Stanford Graduate School of Education
Michael Watkins
Fmr. Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Ron Marx
Dean University of Arizona, College of Education (Emeritus)
John Brown
Board Member
Ross Uchimura
Board Member
Meet Our Illustrators
STORYWORLD’s books are carefully illustrated by a team of amazing, talented artists. We pride ourselves on how our stories engage readers visually and enhance their learning experience. Artwork on every page in every book came from one of these creative minds.
Melissa Batiller
Cassondra Conlin
Andrea Pescosolido
Adelya Tumasyeva
Andrew Lincoln
China Jones
Clara Chang
Steven A. Gomez
Jingwen Ma
Meimei Mao
Heidi Perry
Jasmin Perez
Stephanie Lin
Isabel Patino
Danielle Pendergast
Akiko Neumann
Jinnace Gray
Sergi Calavia
Jackie Carson
Tiffany Rodriguez
Cynthia Santos
Caitlin Stevens
