Facilitator Biographies

We are grateful to work and be in relation with people from across many traditional unceded territories covering many regions of the world. Paula lives on the land of the Coast Salish people in Burnaby BC, and Carlos lives in Colombia on the traditional lands of the Motilon-Barí people. It is an honor to live on these lands and commit to reconciliation, decolonization, and building relationships in its communities.



Carlos Saladen Vargas (he/him) 

 

Carlos Saladen Vargas (he/him) is a hybrid professional with a passion for education, art, and technology. He combines knowledge and experience from different domains to tackle complex challenges in teaching while creating novel solutions for action-oriented courses and workshops. As an advocate of innovation in higher education, Carlos creates engaging and forward-thinking learning experiences centered around arts-based approaches, emerging pedagogies and technology. He is also interested in the potential of AI to transform and address the challenges of the future.


Paula Weaver (she/her) 

 

  

Dr. Paula Weaver (she/her) brings a rich academic and action-oriented background guiding successful learning organizations. She is an online teaching and learning pioneer and consultant for higher education, corporations, public and private schools, and nonprofits. Her emerging focus is using AI with pedagogy. Weaver created and facilitated recognized facilitator certification programs in the high-tech, international business, and higher-education sectors. 

During Weaver's faculty tenure in the University of Texas system, she collaboratively founded the universally recognized Uplift North Hills Preparatory School. She is an amateur cellist/singer, Guinness World Record holder for drumming, Yaya, foodie, and lover of her big family. Professionally she brings deep caring, energy, passion, and a high standard of excellence toward quality teaching and learning.