Geeta brings almost 20  years of experience in international development and humanitarian assistance to The Global Sleepover, including over 9 years as a Senior Program Analyst with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Geeta’s experiences working and living in Afghanistan, Egypt, South Sudan, South Africa, Colombia, the U.K., Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova influenced her as an entrepreneur to found and grow The Global Sleepover.

Geeta is an Enterprise Artist and Resident at the Gateway Media Arts Lab, which is also the permanent home and headquarters to Global Sleepover. Geeta’s experience ranges from: entrepreneurship, creative direction and design, interactive and multi-media technology, creative writing, international development project implementation and management, and cultural, global and literacy education. A 2003 graduate of the Presidential Management Fellowship program in Washington, DC and a 2011-2012 Innovation Fellow with ConvergeUS, Geeta is a two-time recipient of the Washington, DC Commission on the Arts Folk and Traditional Arts Grant and speaks Hindi, Urdu, and basic Spanish. Geeta holds a BA in Creative Writing from University of Houston and a MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University in Washington, DC.

Geeta learned about the unequivocal power of education through her father. A refugee from an ethnic partition in India in 1947, he overcame economic and social adversity through earning five higher education degrees – truly transformative education. This is Geeta’s motivation behind community education and Global Sleepover – harnessing the power of technology to make education more accessible to children who have least access.

As a senior consultant in Global Education, Kevin promotes global partnerships with schools, libraries and individuals working in international education. Kevin runs KDSL Global, a boutique education consultancy promoting education leadership, teacher involvement and student growth through international partnerships. KDSL Global is an education consulting company launched by Kevin in 2016 in the USA and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Simpson and his team have served thousands of schools, organizations, educators, and leaders worldwide in over 20 countries. The majority of this work in education has centered on American curriculum schools. Since 2008, Simpson has been focused on education in the MENA region, assisted numerous schools with accreditation, training, development, and served as a thought partner to investors on school start-up projects.  Simpson is co-founder of the UAE Learning Network (one of the largest online network of educators in the UAE) and leads the GCC ASCD Connected Community. In addition, he has co-authored papers on American curriculum in the MENA region with a focus on Common Core State Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, social studies, the arts, and the history of American Education in the UAE. He also owns KDSL USA which was set up in 2007. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education and a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Teaching from Michigan State University (USA). Simpson is the founder of the Association of International Educators and Leaders of Color.

Michelle brings 20 years of experience in marketing, communications, small business and community development to the Global Learning Center. She is currently Executive Director of the Gateway Media Arts Lab and President of Mingus Communications. Throughout her career, Michelle has combined her communications expertise with her commitment to community empowerment and has ushered in initiatives that expand opportunities in education, business development and politics. Michelle holds a B.S. in Political Science from Hampton University