Laura Porfirio is a lifelong educator with more than 30 years of experience in adult education, leadership training, and participatory learning. Her work focuses on helping people connect real-world experience to story, uncover their strengths, and amplify voices that need to be heard.  

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Her background includes:

• Adult education and leadership training across Arizona and nationally  

• Curriculum design and participatory teaching rooted in constructivist learning theory  

• Digital storytelling workshops that help people turn lived experience into multimedia narratives  

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Laura’s teaching approach is collaborative, supportive, and grounded in the belief that storytelling becomes transformative when people connect experience, reflection, and craft. Laura is fluent in Spanish, Italian, and English.