Iswari Natarajan, President St. Mary’s Academy Colorado: Where Girls Find Their Voice & Use It.

Iswari Natarajan, President St. Mary’s Academy Colorado: Where Girls Find Their Voice & Use It.

Author: Venkat Raman August 12, 2024 Duration: 44:18

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Even as an engineer, Iswari found herself explaining concepts to her peers. Teaching gave her a purpose. She became a certified Montessori educator and later Director of a Montessori school. 

Iswari believes it was that all-girls school she went to that built her self-confidence. Today as President of St. Mary’s Academy, Iswari is helping her students build theirs.

Iswari joins us on our podcast to share her professional background, journey from engineering to teaching, St. Mary’s Academy Flagship Programs, All Girls School, AI Impact, and her Advice for High School students.

In particular, we discuss the following with her: 

  • Iswari Natarajan’s Background
  • St Mary’s Academy - All Girls High School
  • Flagship Programs
  • Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Introducing Iswari Natarajan, St. Mary’s Academy []
  • Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
  • Professional Background  []
  • Engineering to Education []
  • The St Mary’s Academy Opportunity []
  • Educator versus Engineer []
  • Flagship SMA Programs []
  • SMA Student Interests []
  • Experiential Learning []
  • Impact of AI []
  • All girls High School []
  • How Students are Handling 10X? []
  • Advice for High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Iswari Natarajan, President of St. Mary’s Academy, Denver Colorado.

Memorable Quote: “If you ever want to truly find joy, I always go and pretend I have an emergency in the kindergarten classroom. So that's where you can find joy. If you want to get sobered up and you want a reality check, that's Middle School, because they'll tell you, like what it is, and truly, if you want hope for the future, right? If you want to say what you know, like our world, no matter what's going on, is in good hands, you have to visit our high school.” Iswari Natarajan.

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