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Our Mission → is to collaborate with learners* of all ages and walks of life to shift power. We co-design liberatory educational spaces, tools, and research methods – with people, not just for them.
*We believe that if you are alive to this world, you are a learner.
Who We Are → Karen Su, Klara Kaufman, and Nadia Wang.
We are friends who collaboratively respond to social issues through research, design, and art. Together, we’re creating a home for our hearts to sing together.
We are dreamers who are doers. We bring experience in research, design, teaching, facilitation, data analysis, strategic design, and planning. Since we began collaborating in 2024 on a Harvard Graduate School of Education Youth Participatory Action Project (YPAR), we have been working with students and educators for a more equitable, just system that ensures that we all thrive.
What We Do → For people who want to rehumanize education — we redesign it together, using art, play, and research to connect human beings to their individual purpose and each other.
We ask big questions about power, cultivate spaces to audaciously dream about a better future, and we have fun while doing it.
Let’s Collaborate On →
Participatory research. Zine-making. Archival research. Design thinking. Workshops. Youth-led design. Data analysis.
Presentations & Resource Sharing →
Title“Envisioning Restorative Spaces: Opportunities and Challenges in the Next Wave Process Room”Conference/EventHarvard Graduate School of EducationTeam Member(s)
Karen Su, Klara Kaufman, Nadia Wang; with youth researchers Anthony, Jack, Zen, and Staff Pauli Katz
Location
Cambridge, MA. Harvard Graduate School of Education Date
May 8, 2025
Title
“Lessons & Best Practices from our YPAR Projects”
Conference/EventBoston Participatory Action Research (PAR) NetworkTeam Member(s) Karen Su; with Kris Xu
Location Boston, MA.
Date December 13, 2025
Title“Rooted in Resistance: Rehumanizing Persistance as Collective Care”
Conference/EventAlumni of Color Conference, Harvard Graduate School of EducationTeam Member(s) Karen Su, Klara Kaufman, Nadia Wang
Location
Cambridge, MA. Harvard Graduate School of EducationDate December 13, 2025
Title“How to Conduct Participatory Action Research: Applications for Architecture & Planning”Conference/EventInvited Lecture: ARCH 462 Seminar on Radical Practice: Social Impact at Every ScaleTeam Member(s) Karen Su; invited by Faculty Taylor HollowayLocation Remote. University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Architecture and Planning
Date May 1, 2026
Title“Envisioning Liberatory Spaces: Lessons from Youth Research in Somerville, Massachusetts”Conference/EventBoston Area Research Institute Insight-to-Impact Summit Team Member(s) Karen Su and Nadia Wang
Location Boston, MA. Northeastern University
Date May 8, 2026
Title“Sharing Impact: Co-visioning a Pilot Youth Participatory Action Research Project (YPAR) Measure Repository”Conference/EventShifting Power: New Frontiers in Youth Participation ConferenceTeam Member(s) Klara Kaufman; with Professor Michelle Abraczinskas (University of Florida) and the YPAR Network “Spreading and Measuring” Topic Interest Group
Location Galway, Ireland. UNSECO Child and Family Research Centre, University of Galway
DateJune 11-12, 2026
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