Kristin Pedemonti, Professional Storyteller

Once upon a time, not so long ago in 2005, Kristin decided to go on a journey and begin a new adventure. And so she sold her home and most of her possessions to embark on life as a fulltime freelance Professional Storyteller and to fund her volunteer project in Belize, Central America. She founded Literacy Outreach Belize and now divides her time between the US, Belize and the world.

While in Belize, Kristin travels village to village and school to school donating storytelling and story-writing programs while also preserving indigenous culture. Thus far she has donated programs for 33,000 children at 100 schools and provided training for 600 teachers. You can learn more about this work by clicking on Literacy Outreach Belize.

In the US Kristin performs at libraries, schools, storytelling festivals, and special events, for audiences of all ages. Ms. Pedemonti combines storytelling and theatre to create educational, entertaining, and multicultural performances. Her goal is to build bridges between cultures through story. The entire audience “gets into the act” and helps to tell the stories using simple costumes and dialogue. She has recently performed at Figment Festival, Central Park, Scandinavia House and Cornelia Street Cafe in NYC.

Kristin also performs internationally and enjoyed her first European Tour in Spring 2011. She performed at the International School in Paris, Collodi School Vullo Italy, Liceo Science High School in San Sebasitano al Vesuvio, Italy and presented at a drama workshop at Vasterberg Folk School in Storvik, Sweden and guest lectured at Malardalen University in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

“Kristin jumped straight in and wowed all of our students. She was both able to gauge the age of the students as well as the language ability of our mostly non native English speaking student body. Her stories had us excited, interested and totally involved. She truly shared her enthusiasm for stories and their unquestionable value in our society!” ~ Marianne Freire, International School, Paris France.

Kristin also presents Professional Development Workshops focusing on Cross Cultural Communication through storytelling, Bringing Books Alive in the Classroom, Storytelling in Schools, and others. She leads workshops for educational staff at daycares, preschools, elementary schools, high schools and in universities. You can learn more by clicking on Professional Development.

Kristin is the Recipient of the National Storytelling Network 2011 International StoryBridge Oracle Award for her work bridging cultures through story.