Paola Trigari (full CV) is an educational consultant on Project Based - Design Thinking Education, Constructivism, Social-Constructivism, and the Reggio Emilia-inspired educational philosophy.
Paola holds seminars and consulting appointments throughout the U.S., e.g. New York, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois; and in Europe, e.g. Switzerland, Italy, and Spain.
She consults for preschools to primary and secondary schools, and collaborates with universities and pedagogical institutions. She is the co-director of a new post-graduate program in Early Childhood and Primary Education at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Paola worked as program Director and Educational Director of "La Scuola International School" of San Francisco, prek to 8th, IB Reggio Inspired International bilingual School in San Francisco.
Paola obtained her ECE qualifications in San Francisco. She also holds a BA from Bocconi University in Milan and an MSc in economics from UPF (Barcelona) with a final thesis on the Returns to Education. She has an International background: native of Italy, grew up in Turin (Italy), Paris (France) and Sâo Paulo (Brazil). She then lived and worked in London (UK), San Francisco, Barcelona and New York. Italian native speaker, Paola is fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.