Bio: Jim is a non-verbal autistic self-advocate, special education teacher, researcher, lecturer, best-selling author, and instructional designer. Pronouns: They / Them / Their / Dr. “As a non-verbal autistic person, I’m able to empathize with a diverse range of learner types. That empathy makes it’s way into all the content […]
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Bio: Gary Wiener is a fifth-generation Master Mason whose Masonic lineage traces back to 1859. His great-grandfather Eli Wiener was Past Master of Lufkin Lodge No. 669; his grandfather, Ill. Samson Wiener, 33°, was a longtime Director of the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas; and his father Thomas […]
Bio: 33° IGH Orient of Japan and Korea. Past Grand Historian, Grand Lodge of Japan. Past Master of the Research Lodge GLJ., Past Chairman of Education Committee, Scottish Rite, Masonic author. Personal: Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, previously professor of Asian Studies, Daito Bunka University, […]
Bio: Mark Pearrow has been a research engineer at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts since 1996, although, before that, he was a professional musician and toured nationally with his ill-monikered band, Techno-Squid Eats Parliament. Since his teen years, he has been a student of the Mysteries, having started and led a […]
Bio: Daniel Molina was born in Englewood, New Jersey, on February 26th, 1994, and his family relocated to Miami, Florida, shortly after. He has lived there ever since. He was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on November 1st, 2016, in Hibiscus Lodge #275, and he served as […]
Bio: Roberto M. Sanchez is a very active Freemason. He served as Worshipful Master of his Mother Lodge – Gray Lodge No. 329 in 2011-2012, and as District Deputy Grand Master for the Grand Lodge of Texas in 2013. In 2013-2014, he served as President of the Master’s, Warden’s and […]
Bio: Wes Latchford is Program Manager for the U.S. Navy’s Information Warfare Enterprise where he manages information warfare strategy and policy, long-range planning, and executive management across the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard. A retired “Navy Mustang,” he served as both a Naval Intelligence Officer and […]
Bio: Brother John S. Nagy is a 32 Degree Mason , Lodge Musician , recipient of the 2014 Duane E. Anderson Award for Excellence in Masonic Education and Masonic Education provider to Lodges that support his efforts to share. John has spoken, trained and facilitated at Blue Lodges , Grand […]
Bio: Cedric was born and raised in central Montana. After graduating from the University of Montana with degrees in chemistry, microbiology, and cell & molecular biology, he spent 3 years teaching high school science in Dallas, Texas, where he also received his M. Ed. from SMU. He moved to New […]
Bio: Tim Sheils has a storied career, at one time or another engaged as a farmer, amateur boxer, bass player in a punk band, bass player in a heavy metal band, photographer, computer programmer, web developer, antique car restoration, philosopher, sociologist. He has no fear of embarrassing himself in public. […]