Our vision is to create a collaborative learning and teaching environment where neurodiversity is celebrated and all children are empowered to achieve success and experience joyful and meaningful learning by bringing research-based practices into education.
All members of our community are valued and respected.
We facilitate children’s cognitive, social and emotional development in a safe and supportive environment.
We bridge the gap between the science of learning and teaching practices.
We value and celebrate these differences as part of human evolution while respecting and recognizing some of the challenges that they may present. We are committed to building an innovative teaching and learning community using research-based teaching practices and each child’s strengths.
Our aim is to help children develop skills such as creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, compassion, sense of community, courage, and curiosity, in order to be successful in a rapidly changing world.
Over the course of her career, Samara has worked as a special educator, reading specialist, learning coordinator, and teacher trainer, supporting children with diverse learning profiles while also guiding educators in creating more responsive and inclusive classrooms. These experiences continue to shape her work today.
At the heart of Samara’s work is a commitment to connecting insights from the neuroscience of learning with everyday classroom practice, while recognising and celebrating the uniqueness of every child. She is passionate about designing learning environments that honour the whole child — mind, body, heart, and spirit — and nurture curiosity, agency, and joy in learning.
Deeply engaged with mind, brain, and education research, Samara regularly invests in her professional development and has attended courses internationally at institutions including the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Bank Street College of Education, and the Reggio Emilia Malaguzzi Centre.
Through SparkEd, she collaborates with educators and schools across India and internationally, leading teacher training programmes, workshops, and professional learning communities that support educators as reflective practitioners and co-learners alongside children. She has presented at the International Conference on Quality Education in Nepal and was invited to speak at the Free to Play Summit, a global gathering attended by more than 90,000 early childhood educators and parents worldwide.
