Contributor: Carolyn Shapiro

Carolyn Shapiro, MA, YES! director, has more than 30 years experience as an educator in high schools and colleges and as an initiator of numerous community efforts and still existing community organizations. For the past three years she has researched community-based learning in Vermont high schools for the John Dewey Project. Shapiro is also an artist and co-founder of Branching Out, a high school program offering experiential learning with community mentors.