About Antonia
Antonia Smith worked for Ten Strands in development and communications from 2018–2021, where she loved building support for initiatives encouraging the environmental literacy of California's young people. Prior to joining Ten Strands, Antonia worked as a tutor and mentor for K–12 students in San Francisco, as well as for a public relations firm and start-ups in New York City and Washington, DC. Antonia Smith has a BA in cultural anthropology from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, where she also studied environmental science and policy.
The unit that we are making and the units other teams are making are so rich. I love that they address real-world, local, environmental problems, and that they include elements of project-based learning. It makes me happy to think about children engaging in these lessons and addressing these issues. During the last week of June, […]
It is a beautiful Friday morning in May when Ten Strands team members Karen Cowe, Ariel Whitson, Mike Howe, and I arrive at Dixie Elementary School in San Rafael, California. After gathering in front of the school’s jungle gym playground, we head to the front office, where we are instructed to sign-in and choose one […]