Shifting from In-School Education to Online during a Pandemic: Design Dance’s Debra Giunta

In this episode of Restarting America, Jeremy Greenberg from 97 Switch interviews Debra Giunta, founder of three education companies: Design Dance, Prismatic, and The Brainchild Collective. Throughout the interview, they discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business and society. Giunta shares how the current health pandemic has affected her businesses and how they are adapting to new circumstances.

Design Dance, Prismatic, and The Brainchild Collective all focus on building the next generation of conscious leaders through social-emotional development. Giunta herself is a fierce advocate for the power of emotional intelligence. She is a TEDx speaker, founding board member of the Illinois Dance Education Organization and an active member of the Chicago female entrepreneurship community.