Founder
& Program
Director
StoryBridge Nepal is led by educator, artist, and program director Kristina Applegate, whose work centers on ethical storytelling, place-based learning, and cross-cultural collaboration.
StoryBridge is built on a simple belief: we are all teachers and students. The program was created to support field-based learning environments where students and communities learn with—and from—one another through storytelling, cultural exchange, and shared experience.
Kristina’s approach comes from a life rooted in family, creativity, and hands-on learning. While raising her young children on a small farm, she cared for and rescued many animals—including llamas, goats, peacocks, and miniature horses. During these early years, the idea for Kids Share Workshops began to take shape.
As a young student, Kristina often struggled to express her thoughts clearly and sometimes felt “in the dark” while others seemed to excel verbally. Art became the turning point. Through drawing, visual storytelling, and creative expression, she gradually developed confidence in her voice. Over time, that artistic path opened the door to writing, teaching, and building programs that help other young people discover their own voices.
A Global Perspective
Kristina’s global perspective began while living in Tehran, Iran as a child in the late 1970s. Growing up in a cross-cultural environment shaped a lifelong curiosity about how people live, learn, and tell stories across cultures.
Learning Differently
A lifelong artist and late-blooming writer, Kristina is also dyslexic. Learning differently helped her recognize strengths that often go unseen—visual thinking, empathy, pattern recognition, and big-picture synthesis.
StoryBridge programs are designed with many kinds of learners in mind, supporting multiple pathways into confidence, voice, and authorship.
Storytelling Across Cultures
Through Kids Share Workshops, founded in 2008, Kristina has worked with young people and communities around the world to document stories through film, photography, and collaborative media projects.
Early Field Learning Work
Early projects in Nicaragua and other communities helped shape the philosophy behind StoryBridge: learning through collaboration, creativity, and shared experience.
Connect
Email: info@kidsshareworkshops.com
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