Celeste Harrison is based in Washington, DC.
Recent Work
Celeste served as the Sr. Manager of Experiences, Content, & Curriculum for Meridian Treehouse.
Meridian Treehouse is an award winning nonfiction storytelling agency that specializes in immersive education. Her work blends together her inquiry-based learning specialty with her stagecraft training and museum education experience.
The Meridian Treehouse team is constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in immersive education. They are most known for their large-scale synchronized VR theaters, though their body of work spans a wide variety of novel technologies and traditional instructional methods—whatever best serves the story, engages the audience, and sparks curiosity!
If you’re interested in the affordances and limitations of XR or if you need a quick, straightforward guide to help identify when and how to integrate immersive tools into your practice…
Check out our guide: An Introduction the Learning in the Metaverse
It’ll get you up to speed fast and help you navigate the immersive education world with intentionality.
Celeste previously served as an Education Content Manager at National Geographic, overseeing a variety of programs designed to connect National Geographic Explorers to students, teachers, and families around the world.
Check out National Geographic Education’s Explorer Classroom program, a live YouTube show that lets students tune in to meet scientists, storytellers, journalists, and adventurers! Hear behind the scenes stories from their work and ask them your questions in real-time! Register for an upcoming event, or check out their vast archive of past Explorer Classroom sessions.
Volunteering
Celeste has been volunteering with the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership foundation (HOBY) since 2010. She designs curriculum, service learning experiences, and leadership development activities for the HOBY World Leadership Congress as well as the HOBY chapter in her home state of Illinois.
HOBY has seminars across North America and is always looking for sponsors and volunteers. If you’d like to get involved, or want to register an outstanding high school student for one of HOBY’s transformational youth leadership seminars, please get in touch to learn more!
Other…
In her free time Celeste is as an avid reader and roller coaster enthusiast.
She also loves ttrpgs. Her first persistent campaign started in 2020 and still meets each Friday for new adventures—in it she plays an eladrin paladin named Masha (this first D&D character was named in reference to her first scene study character from theater school) Celeste also GMs a monthly home game.
Celeste’s cat Evie features heavily in her zoom calls.
Check out some recent projects…
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Podcast
Brighten your morning commute with some curious conversations. This podcast features fascinating interviews with Lenovo field experts!
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VR in the Field
Recently the Meridian Treehouse team headed to Nairobi, Kenya. While there, they presented immersive learning workshops for the 100 Year Starship Symposium and ran VR events for Wildlife Direct and local students. Kids headed out on guided nature walks around Nairobi National Park, then got face-to-face with lions and other iconic local species in VR!
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2023 Webby Awards: Vote NOW!
Our recent ‘Moonwalk’ exhibition at the Smithsonian Arts & Industries building is up for Webby awards. Every vote counts, please help us bring home our next Webby!
