Early Childhood Work

Educator

Marisa Lark Wallin is passionately dedicated to assuring quality early childhood education experiences to the teachers, caregivers, children and families she works with and creates content for. She firmly believes in the power of art, education and play as tools for justice and equity.

• New York State Certified Teacher

• MS. Ed. Early Childhood Education, Brooklyn College

• Teacher and Program Director at the well-regarded Maple Street School in Brooklyn, NY for over twelve years 

• Tow Travel Fellowship recipient for pilot student exchange between the Brooklyn College Early Childhood and Art Education Department and the Early Childhood Education Program at Jönköping University in Sweden.

Educational Publishing

Articles

• “Race-Conscious Reading For Preschool,” The Educator’s Room

• “Let’s Play Outside!” Childcare Exchange Magazine

Children’s Publishing

• Author of “Find and Point Birthday,” Scholastic Rookie Toddler Series board book

• Worked as Educational Consultant, Editorial Associate and Freelance Writer for Scholastic Classroom Magazines

• Worked as Educational Consultant for preschool books at DK Publishing

Children’s Media

• Production

  • Sesame Street Mecha Builders (Cartoonito/HBOMax)

  • Elmo and Tango’s Mysterious Mysteries series on Sesame Street (HBOMax/PBS)

  • Sesame Street the Nutcracker special (HBOMax/PBS)

  • Clifford the Big Red Dog reboot (Amazon/PBS)

• Writing

  • Wonderoos (Netflix)

  • Vida the Vet (Netflix)

  • NY State Council on Children and Families/NY Head Start 2022-2023 Equity Curriculum Animation Series

  • CoComelon Storytime Podcast (Spotify)

  • Tickleberry Place (YouTube)

  • Clifford the Big Red Dog reboot (Amazon/PBS)

• Curriculum/Consulting

  • Curriculum Writer and Virtual Parent Coach for Sparkler App Beta

  • Educational Consultant and Writer for Tickleberry Place (YouTube)