GlobalGrid University and GGU Nodes of Excellence

Where do you live?
Virtually, I live in the Chilbo Community - a global village in the Metaverse, made up of artists, musicians, writers, teachers, students, creative thinkers, entrepreneurs, and those who are interested in contributing to the public good. In terra, I live in the midwest US on a small farm near the outskirts of town. My kitties and I don't need much space, but we have a large garden and work to contribute our share to the local food economy.


What do you do? Where do you work?
I am the founder of Chilbo and work most days either in the Chilbo Town Hall or elsewhere in the Metaverse. I have offices and projects scattered all over the grid and pop in to wherever I'm needed when I'm needed.

I also serve on the Board of Trustees for GlobalGrid University, one of the original virtual-land-grant research universities created by the United Nations in 2012. GGU serves an international learning network of over 200 million learners through GGU Nodes of Excellence on the grid.


What matters to you most?
Increasing access to education, research, knowledge, and learning throughout the grid and finding ecologically sound and sustainable ways to live.



How did you get to be this person?
As the Chilbo Community reached its fourth anniversary in 2010, and I spent more time traveling and learning in terra and on the grid, I began to better understand the rapid speed with which the Metaver.... I was fortunate to stumble into an emergent network of highly motivated and brilliant nodes all over the globe and it quite literally transformed my life. In the ensuing decade, our network has grown tremendously, as has our capacity to collaborate and locate the resources we need as we need them. We continue to work to teach others these important skills even as we make our own contributions to projects and endeavors that inspire us.