Mary L. Rothschild MA Founder and Director
Mary has over three decades’ experience as a mother, director of a childcare and after school center and parent/teacher educator. She attended Columbia University, received Certificates in Drama Therapy from the New School under Gertrud Shattner and Media Literacy at the New Mexico Media Literacy Project. She received a Masters Degree with a concentration in Family Media Literacy from Goddard College and wrote her thesis on intentional use of media in the environments of young children. She hosts The Healthy Media Choices Hour on Brattleboro Community Radio.
Cynthia R. Rothschild MA Co-Founder/Strategy Consultant
Cynthia is the Chief Program Officer of Catholic Charities, East Bay in Oakland, CA. She is the former head of the Religion and Ethics Department at Brooklyn Friends School, she has written about TV's effects on learning and published extensively on educational topics. Her articles and essays have appeared in Green Teacher, Homeschooling Companion, FACES and the Bank Street College of Education's Occasional Paper Series.
Mike “M. G.” Espar, Director of Technology & Media Distribution Mike is a Brooklyn-based film composer and media educator. His music has been featured in films screened at Lincoln Center and the Sundance Film Festival, and in theaters and concert halls across the country. Notable projects include The Man Who Would Be Polka King(CourtTV/truTV), Altamont Now (Winner, Best Narrative, Arizona Underground Film Festival), Mamachas del Ring (Margaret Mead Film Festival), and an original song for Aquarium (Honorable Mention, Sundance Film Festival). As an educator, he has taught piano, filmmaking, and digital music production to children ages 4 to 18 at schools across New York City. Espar holds an M.A. in Music Composition from New York University and a B.A. in Film Studies from Yale University. More info at www.mgespar.com
