Anya Smith-Roman

School’s Back in Session — Week One Reflections from Grad School #newadventure #backtoschool #techtoarts pinyabananas.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/sch…

ONE YOUNG WORLD: Anya and Kylie from our #DesignThinking team led an exciting #menstrualhealth #designjam at One Young World 2024 in Montreal Canada this past weekend. Hear more because #everybodypoops and #menstruationmatters! buff.ly/3tWgOQE #wishforwashthinks

So excited to be considered to present at #SXSWEDU2025 w/ @WishforWASH VOTE for our session by Aug 18 so we can share our hallmark #designjam & cont. bringing #innovation to menstruation through innovative educational experiences! panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/149830 #dtk12chat

Senior design showcase for the high school team @WishforWASH has partnered with this year! So much great student work captured here! #designthinking #dtk12 #realworldlearning

Cool to see something you started live beyond your time working on it. The next generation of @TrailblazersEd have taken over the magazine & are looking for new spotlight learners to share their stories! See below to get in touch w/ new production team docs.google.com/forms/d/1lQ_lg…

@WishforWASH About to start a full day #designjam at Weber School!!! So excited for a great day of learning and designing!!!!! #designthinking #WASH #dtk12chat #CLAPdt

2023 TOILET SEASON - LET’S GO 🚀 We are THRILLED to kick off #toiletseason with our incredible partners at the Daniel Zalik Academy! 🙌🏾 Over 8 hrs, our team facilitated our first day-long #wash design jam with 45 high schoolers! #wishforwash @PinyaBananas @jasminekburton

Back again- @TheMVVentures annual summer conference back in person for first time since 2019! About to kick off our learning adventure for the day @TheMVSchool @TheMViD #activateagency

What better way to spend a Friday then with a #sitevisit tour! #Microschools in ATL w @EdReimagined @VelaEdFund @StandTogether @microschooling @mjcraw @Kerry_edu @ActonBuckhead

Kelly Young joins @GreggBehr and @RyanRydzewski on the Remaking Tomorrow podcast to share why learner-centered ecosystems are the future of learning and what it will take to get there. @RemakeLearning remakingtomorrow.libsyn.com/s4-ep4-kelly-y…

@TheMVSchool Love this so much

Happy #PiDay! The School celebrated with various activities including Ms. Holloway’s Algebra class coloring a picture of Albert Einstein, who coincidentally shares his birthday with this special day. #TheMVSchool #EinsteinBirthday

.@SamChaltain expertly shares the great learning that is happening at @TheMVSchool and the advancements they have made since his first visit in 2016! We're proud that one of our employees, @PinyaBananas, is a Mount Vernon alum!

Great week @SXSWEdu loved getting to learn from so many educators from different perspectives - from magician to neuroscientist & everywhere in between #learningecosystems #sxswedu #whatif school looked more like the real world? pinyabananas.wordpress.com/2023/03/11/the…

Got some great new tools today for empathy building and thinking intentionally about equity and belonging when designing @HKSArchitects #spacetobelong #SXSWEDU

What a great design challenge starting question: “How can we implement an ethos of equity when designing public schools?” @HKSArchitects #spacetobelong #SXSWEDU

“When we have the genesis of social, emotional, and physical safety, we can achieve a sense of belonging.” @HKSArchitects #spacetobelong #SXSWEDU

“When we design for the ‘average’ the ‘edges’ are systematically, even if unintentionally, left out. When we design for the ‘collective’ we are designing for the 100% not the average.” @HKSArchitects #spacetobelong #SXSWEDU

We must ask ourselves: “Who is at the design table? Who is this space designed for?” @HKSArchitects #spacetobelong #SXSWEDU

“Space is not neutral.” — why we need intentional design of our learning spaces @HKSArchitects #spacetobelong #SXSWEDU