Happiness 101- Teaching our children the habits of happiness: Erin Michelle Threlfall at TEDxUbud

Erin is a theatre artist, activist and educator whose passion is making the world a better place via theater, the arts, her infectious exuberance and the classroom. Originally from the US, she's taught at schools in Ghana, South Korea, Togo, and Bali. She focuses on nurturing global citizenship, happiness, and social activism within her students and leads dynamic workshops on inquiry-based learning and integrating the arts into the classroom.

She writes about these explorations in her personal blog "Common Threads" and in "World Mom's Blog," The Huffington Post and Union Station magazine. She's been recognized for her commitment to enriching lives through the arts by Mayor John Street of Philadelphia; U.S. President George Bush; and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

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