Melanie Stanek

Melanie Stanek

Melanie Stanek is a San Diego-based educator, program designer, and teaching artist with roots in the American South and the East Coast. Before moving to San Diego, Melanie served with the United States Peace Corps in Madagascar, where she taught English as a foreign language and developed after-school enrichment programs.

She is trained in experiential learning and dialogue processes for youth, having held positions at various youth development nonprofits in Tennessee and California. She holds a Master’s degree in Peace and Justice from the University of San Diego and a certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Her passion is using the tools of storytelling, conversation, and the arts to create spaces of healing, bravery, and belonging for all people.

• Nonprofit management
• Educational program design
• Teaching and facilitation

• MA in Peace and Justice – University of San Diego, 2022
• BA in History & Genocide Studies – The College of New Jersey, 2014
• BFA in Theatre Performance (2 years) – The University of Memphis, 2009-2011
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language – Center for Applied Linguistics, 2019

• The Bystander Challenge
• Facilitated Dialogue

Yoga, hiking, theatre, music, and dance.