About Us

	Tony Carlson is the Executive Director of Multiple Minds. He is a commercial photographer, filmmaker, and creative director. As a teenager, Tony Carlson began his professional career, working as a free-lance photographer for CameraPix, the Nairobi, Kenya based affiliate for United Press International. His clients represent a diverse range including Hewlett Packard, McCann Erickson, The Sharper Image, The Wine Spectator and the United Nations Environment Program. While living in Asia, in 1988, Tony co-founded PowerPlay Interactive, a multimedia production house where he served as art and creative director, publisher and video director. In 1999, Tony co-founded OurTurf.com, an on-line universe for teenagers. Carlson taught teenagers how to channel their energies and talents into creative initiatives, and showcase their works online. In 2002, he served as Director of the Digital Media Academy at Stanford University. More recently, his documentary films “Beyond Five Senses” and “Creative Brains” (http://www.southwestida.com/) were exhibited at the 2006 Santa Fe Film Festival. For more information about Tony, check out www.tonycarlsonphotography.com.
	Juanita Pascual is Director of the administrative affairs of Multiple Minds. She has provided the San Francisco bay Area community with thirty-six years of exemplary service as an educator and administrator, the past twenty-six years of her career having been dedicated to City College of San Francisco. After teaching for 14 years, Juanita held progressively more responsible administrative positions in the San Francisco Community College District including, Vice-President of Administrative Services, Interim President/Provost of Campuses, Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance, and Acting Chancellor. Juanita's recent activities included Board membership in Council for Educational Improvement, Board membership in Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico, Board Chairperson of Filipino Federation of America, Inc. Currently, she is the Scholarship Coordinator for the Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico and Board Member and Secretary of GROW, Santa Fe Community College. Juanita is an educator, administrator, and mentor.
	Gigi Carlson is the principal curriculum designer of Multiple Minds. She brings more than twenty-five years of experience in art, new media education, and participatory learning. In the capacities of teacher and multimedia professional, Gigi designed and led the implementation of Multiple Minds, a statewide program integrating documentary movie-making in K12 curricula for the New Mexico Public Education Department in 2004-2005. Gigi has taught digital media strategies at the Digital Media Academy at Stanford University. An exchange instructor with the Division of International Development on Participatory Learning at the University of Calgary from 1987-1992, Gigi is the only Adobe Master Teacher in New Mexico. Her book, Digital Media in the Classroom published in San Francisco in 2004 has garnered five stars from her readers at www.amazon.com. Her book provides teachers and school administrators with strategies to transform traditional classrooms into state-of-the-art 21st century learning environments. Gigi taught English as A Second Language (ESL) and Special Education at the Menlo-Atherton High School, and ESL & Entrepreneurship for high school and middle school at the Monte Del Sol Charter School in Santa Fe. She was CEO and co-founder of PowerPlay Interactive, a digital media production center in the Philippines and was member of the Philippine Educational Theater, a member-organization of the International Theater Institute for 25 years. Her theater training has brought Gigi in co-productions with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Black Tent Theater Japan, Maya Theater in Thailand, Berlin Ensemble, and the Improv Theater Company in Canada. Gigi is a writer, music composer, director, and producer.
	Leonard Pascual is the Technology Director of Multiple Minds. He is also the President of J & L Pascual of Santa Fe, Inc. dba as A Sound Look, an integrated electronics firm established in 1994. The firm specializes in smart home control systems and custom installations of video, sound, lighting, telephone, and security. Before moving to Santa Fe, he was a market maker of stock options on the Pacfic Stock Exchange in San Francisco. He graduated from San Francisco State University in Business. He is married to Jessica Pascual, a Compensation Leader at Los Alamos. They have two sons--Leland (a student at St. Michaels High School) and Lorenzo (a student at Rio Grande Elementary)
	Victor Oliveros was the Web Master of Multiple Minds and currently serves as a consultant to Multiple Minds.

	Le Nguyen is a consultant to Multiple Minds. He has more than 15 years of experience working with software startups in Silicon Valley; currently he is President and Owner of High-Tech Re-Sourcing LLC, whose purpose is to help companies re-invent and re-architect their business systems for economic gain and competitive advantage. He is a long-standing member of the IEEE and holds a Master of Arts degree in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.

Kids and Teens
(Age 7-17 June 5-August 26 2008)

Create a TV Commercial 1.0
Create a TV Commercial 2.0
Produce a 3 Minute Feature Movie
Produce a 3 Minute Feature Movie 2.0
Design a Website
Digital Photography & Scrapbooks
Lyrics, Song Writing & Recording

New Filmmakers Institute
(Age 12-17 Summer 08)
Total immersion filmmaking

After-School Enrichment
Ages 7-17 Sept. 15-April 28 2009
Digital media Science
Digital media History
Digital media Math
Digital media Social Studies
Language and Multimedia
Just For Me customized programs

Professional Training
(Adults, year round-evenings, Saturdays and through Multipleminds Express, We come to you Programs - call us)
Digital Photography 1.0
Digital Photography 2.0
Print Design 1.0
Print Design 2.0
Video Production Basics
Advanced Video production

(Adults, year-round-evenings, Saturdays and through Multipleminds Express: We come to you Programs - call for details)
The 2st Century Research Essay:
Digital Media for the Classroom
Digital Media for Special Education
Digital Photography
Print Design
Advanced Video Production
Web Design Basics
All Multipleminds Courses

(Seniors,year round-evenings, Saturdays and through Multipleminds Express, We come to you Programs - call us)
Digital Photography
Adobe Photoshop Basics
Adobe Photoshop Advanced
My Hollywood Picture 1.0
Computer basics
MyMark Greeting Card
Memory Maker Workshops