My Daughter,
Talia
Will Winokur
born January, 1981
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Talia's Song
Bolivia & Wawanakan Utapa
Summerbridge Denver
Nisa:
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Executive Director,
Breakthrough Santa
Fe
2009-present
October, 2011:
clicke ^here^ for "Talia the Tremendous" article full size, easier to read.
Breakthrough Santa Fe: Students Teaching StudentsBreakthrough is a tuition-free program in which talented high school and college students
teach middle school students with limited educational opportunities
the academic, organizational and social skills they will need to succeed in competitive high schools.
(Breakthrough was originally called Summerbridge, see below)
in Talia's words:
Breakthrough is magical, inspirational, challenging, loving.
Whether we’re dissecting cows’ eyes or singing a new cheer at the top of our lungs,
Breakthrough is dedicated to excellence.
Everyone, from students to teacher interns to directors, comes ready to learn.
And it’s that excellence in learning that launches our students on their path to college.”
Talia and Nilaja, Thanksgiving 2010
Family at Thanksgiving, 2010
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Rocky Mountain Folks Fest |
Barcelona, 2004
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Talia's Bat Mitzvah
Telluride, 1992
Talia's Work with Aymara Indian Children
in Bolivia:
Consistent with her Summerbridge leadership, below,
Talia spent her Junior Year Abroad in South America -- both studying
herself,
and teaching disadvantaged kids and moms in La Paz, Bolivia and Salvador du Bahia,
Brasil. From 2003 - 200, Talia returned to Bolivia and
worked with Sister Miriam
Bravo Aramayo
and
Carolina Bravo
Aramayo,
Huajchilla, 2005:
Talia has now
returned to the US to teach with
ResponseAbility
and study
for
her Masters in Education
Bolivia, 2003
Talia's Bolivian Alter Egos:
"Cholita Talia"
"Sister Talia"
Georgetown University,
Georgetown College Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
Magna Cum Laude
(1999-2003)
Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic and Latin American Studies.
to
provide enrichment program for Aymara Indian kids in a Colegio
and Pre-School in
Huajchilla, south of La Paz.
(Wawanakan Utapa.)
Talia arranged her 2 year 'mission', under no one's auspices but her
own with minimal pay. She has lived in two, unconnected rooms in the
Colegio (really, storage closets), working with nuns who support the school.
(She is learning Catholicism from the inside, so to speak!). Talia also
maintains many friendships with folks she's met in La Paz. She has now
returned to the US to teach in Los Angeles beginning Fall, 2005.
Talia's Logo for Wawanakan Utapa:
at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles
beginning Fall, 2005.
Denver Summerbridge
Program
(later renamed "Breakthrough")
Dean of Faculty, Dean of Students, Teacher and
administrator:1997-2003
Kent Denver Upper School, graduated 1999
Theodore Herzl Jewish Day School (grades 1-8)
Teacher at B’nai Havurah Religious School
