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I'm dedicated to transforming educational experiences through playful hands-on learning. I'm an artist and educator who builds experiences that connect educators and young makers to traditional skills, creative technologies, and serious play. For 20 years, I've supported and led youth-serving and juvenile justice organizations that create employment readiness experiences through shop-based production woodworking, metal fabrication, and digital fabrication. In 2012, I founded FutureMakers. We design and manufacture playful engineering kits that support hands-on, scree-free learning in schools and classrooms. Learn more about FutureMakers at https://www.kidsmakethingsbetter.com I'm a Chicagoland native and long-time Baltimore resident who believes small hands with big ideas deserve to make things they keep, have access to real tools, opportunities to explore, and coaches that care - in their neighborhoods and schools. Learn more about me at http://www.mattbarinholtz.com.