Patricia Barneond, aka Patty, is the Senior Director of Education and Director of the Hanley Denning Experimental School for Safe Passage. Safe Passage is a transformative nonprofit organization founded by the late Hanley Denning over 20 years ago. Its mission is to provide a space for safe passage between home, school, and back home for the children of the many Guatemalan families who make a living scavenging for items at the Guatemala garbage dump, the largest landfill in Central America. Safe Passage also runs accredited schools and Patty discusses the joy of shifting the paradigm and the misunderstanding of the students who live in this environment. Patty also touches on the role and presence of trauma in students and adults, the impact of COVID, curricular design, how Safe Passage embraces a project-based learning model, and much more. Learn more about Safe Passage.Learn more about Safe Passage. Connect with Dr. Sciarretta on Twitter.