story now, craft later
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We offer a wide array of services and support in storytelling, narrative change, learning experience design, toolkit or playbook development, and creative and academic writing support.
What Workshop Participants are Saying
We elevate learning by:
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Conceptualizing and developing learning experiences via curriculum and training design (both online and face-to-face)
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Developing quality learning design from writing personas to storyboarding to course design, development and delivery
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Designing and delivering professional development to support k-12 teachers, college faculty, nonprofit and corporate professionals, and others in building quality learning experiences for youth and adults.
Curriculum Spotlight
We partnered with The Service Year Alliance to design and develop the skill attainment portion of the Strengthening Service Years as a Postsecondary Option curriculum
We elevate untold narratives by:
Offering The Untold Narratives, a free web service to support multiple storytelling methods. Everyone has a story to tell, yet not all stories are told. Our goal is to change that through the following:
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Narrative fellowships
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Educational events
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Author coaching
What Previous Fellows are Saying
"I love the way Dr. Santiago works and teaches. I felt comfortable enough to show up and participate fully as a person of color. Her skill at inclusivity and implicit & explicit awareness of diverse needs - really impacted me profoundly."
Candice
"The instructor was thoughtful about inclusion and creating an equitable environment. I would definitely take a class again with Dr. Santiago and would recommend her to others."
Carrie
We elevate stories by:
Creating content such as books, articles, blog posts, book reviews, toolkits and briefs. See content samples below:
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Becoming a Better Mentor, Chapter 8: Honoring Youth Voice and Building Power written by Minnie Chen and Elizabeth Santiago. Published by MENTOR National
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Move Beyond Imposter Syndrome: Be a Champion Instead. Personal blog written by Elizabeth Santiago
Designing and delivering workshops in storytelling, narrative change techniques, creative writing, and cultivating voice.
I don't know where to begin to thank you for the opportunity to be a part of The Untold Narratives. It was an experience I will never forget.
What I experienced reminds me of something I heard our favorite writer say. In an interview, Toni Morrisong said the following, "People say, I didn't ask to be born, but I think we did--which is why we are here. We are here so we must do something nurturing that we respect before we go. Life is more interesting, more complicated, more intellectually demanding and more morally demanding when we care for someone other than ourselves. Something in us changes when we make one other person on this planet feel good, feel seen, feel worthy."
Toni's statement is how I feel about the way The Untold Narratives made me feel--that my story mattered, that I'd been seen, that I was worth being heard.
Thank you!
Leola Hampton, Sage Storytelling Fellow 2026
Below is a graphic created live during a talk, Dr. Elizabeth Santiago gave at a meeting with the California Community Foundation.
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