A conference of religious progressives in Australia and the South Pacific.
"Living the Progressive Religion Dream" MELBOURNE 15-18 APRIL 2010

Deshna Ubeda

Presenter/Workshop Leader

deshnaDeshna Ubeda will be presenting the "Children's Curriculum Project" with Fred Plumer. She is the Project Manager for the TCPC Children’s Curriculum Project and manages the TCPC website.

 


 

Presentation

Children's Curriculum Project


About Deshna Ubeda

Deshna grew up in an amazing Progressive Christian church, IUCC, in Irvine California as a PK (pastor's kid) and so was blessed to be involved in a community that was open, educated, innovative, and inclusive. She was involved in the church at many different levels, as a representative for youth at National UCC Conferences, as a youth group leader, and a camp counselor for many years.

She went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she graduated with honors as a Religious Studies major and a Global Peace and Security minor. This led her to be a part of the Global Reconciliation Service in New York doing some work with the United Nations. She also was chosen to be a presenter at the National Youth Conference in Washington DC, and then won a scholarship to attend the Hague Appeal for Peace in Amsterdam, Holland in 1999. She studied abroad in England during her Junior Year. She has worked in Administration for the UC Education Abroad Program, as an Infant Specialist for a non-profit organization, as a Spanish Teacher for elementary children, and as a Yoga Instructor. She is a certificated post-partum doula, a yoga instructor, and just finished co-writing her first novel.

She is now Project Manager for the TCPC Children’s Curriculum Project and manages the TCPC website. During her free time, she enjoys writing, walks to the beach, yoga, and spending time with her family.