Brigitte ryan

Brigitte is a contributor to the EduCareDo Laying Foundations towards Inner Freedom in the Young Child subject course.

Brigitte’s work in Waldorf Education began in New York City at New Amsterdam, a Waldorf initiative in the lower east side of Manhattan. There she taught in the Aftercare program, led Parent Child classes, and supported the Nursery and Bridge programs at various times. Currently she teaches in the Parent Child and Parent Infant program at the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh. She completed her year long, “Birth to Three” training program at Sophia’s Hearth Family Center, a Waldorf and Emmi Pickler inspired daycare, in Keene, New Hampshire. She has attended births as a labor doula, has worked in hospice care in a volunteer capacity, and artistically collaborates with adults with disabilities through Brooklyn based DreamStreet Theatre company and the Center for Theater Arts of Pittsburgh. She is a co-founder of Third Wheel Collective (a collaboration-based theatre company). As a teaching artist, she has taught with McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ, NYU Langone's Initiative for Women with Disabilities, and Muhlenberg College's Performance Workshop and Camp Imagine. She graduated from Muhlenberg College with a degree in English and Theatre.