3rd Annual StoryTime with CMA: “Reflections”

Livia Beasley is proud to be the founder of the CMA! For the past 20 years,  Livia has been a content creator for many of the top networks and production companies including Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop, Universal Kids, PBS, 9 Story, YouTube,  and Amazon. Today, Livia Beasley is the chief pebble skipper of PIXEL and PEBBLE, a creative boutique devoted to developing and producing pro-social content that inspires little kids to do big things. She can also sometimes be spotted noodling on lyrics and vocals as one half the songwriting duo BAREFOOT WALKING. When she’s not working, Livia can be found making up silly stories from inside a blanket fort with her toddler.

Halcyon Person is an Emmy-nominated comedy maker based in Brooklyn, New York. She’s currently working as a Head Writer at 9 Story Media. Before that, she was a Director and Producer for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. You’ve seen her work on Netflix, Nickelodeon, and TBS, and written up in The New York Times, Vulture, and AV Club. You can also see her doing stand up and giving silly PowerPoint presentations all around New York City, if you’re into that sort of thing.

Rosemarie Truglio is the Senior Vice President of Curriculum and Content at Sesame Workshop. Dr. Truglio is responsible for the development of the interdisciplinary curriculum on which Sesame Street is based and oversees content development across platforms. From 1997 to 2013, she managed all educational research pertaining to program development, the results of which informed both the production and creative decisions for how to enhance the entertaining and educational components of linear and interactive content.

Before joining Sesame Workshop in 1997, she was an Assistant Professor of Communication and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Truglio has written numerous articles in child and developmental psychology journals, authored the book “Ready for School! A Parent’s Guide to Playful Learning for Children Ages 2 to 5” and co-edited “G is for Growing: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street.”

Dan Yaccarino is an internationally acclaimed artist, writer, and producer. He has created several animated series, including Oswald and the Emmy-Award Winning Willa’s Wild Life. Dan has written and illustrated over fifty children’s books, most notably Doug Unplugged, Unlovable, The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, and Every Friday. He is also the designer for Nickelodeon’s The Backyardigans. Animation Magazine has dubbed him as “an American Original.”