Our Team
Carissa Johnson,
Program Manager
Email: carissa@worldsavvy.org
Carissa Johnson is an artist and educator who passionately believes in the personal growth and empowerment potential of the arts. A former Peace Corps Volunteer (Tonga, 02-03) and an avid traveler, her work in the arts and education has crossed cultural borders and built communities all over the world. She has served schools as an artist-in-residence, created arts integration workshops for teacher professional development, and for the past 6 years ran her own educational consulting firm that created courses in arts, yoga/wellness, and personal development for schools, community centers and corporations in Chicago and Portland, OR. Carissa holds a B.S. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and a M.Ed. in Arts in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In her other life, she is a spirited Yoga Teacher and Licensed Massage Therapist.