Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA

Councilor @theRSA_US ||2024ProductSolutionPartner @USDOEGOV| owner @calm_mindful || SocialChangeFellow @WaldenU|LEED GREEN Associate @USGBC

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

Of 45,000 students at Walden University six dissertations/project studies received the highest honor: The 2023 Social Change Fellowship Award. I’m humbled and honored my doctorate capstone was one of the recipients.

You can check all the awardees here: https://t.co/XuaJcWKypC

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

My younger daughter got her official IMDb a film industry-platform that verifies an artist’s work, credits & accomplishments. It gives immediate credibility and gives casting directors/producers/collaborators a reliable snapshot of her experience.
https://t.co/laSV8dOwk4

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

Throwback 2019… “Moratoria a los combustibles fósiles en NJ y EMPOWER NJ”
https://t.co/5Zp8QErAif

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

An Overview of the Neurological Base of Bipolar Disorder | Insight Medical Publishing https://t.co/Hvua8IZPcR

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

Congress revives stalled housing legislation, though snags remain | NJ Spotlight News https://t.co/IkqD0UtiNV

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

How did your school fare in annual state report? Latest reports out | NJ Spotlight News https://t.co/EntArEfk88

[Carlo Ferlauto @CarloFerlauto]

@JustinMacmahan EVERYBODY knew that the horse had no chance. That it was a massive underdog. That probabilities of going from last to first were minimal…

Everybody except the horse.

Sometimes it’s best not to listen to the fools in life who tell you what’s impossible.

[Juleena @JuleenaFarrell]

Reminds me of that joke, when you had a friend in a large family... and we'd say "what, don't you own a TV?"

In all seriousness, a penny for my thoughts:

We didn’t just drift into collapsing birth rates - we engineered it.

Over time, we replaced the family unit with an economic unit.

Two incomes became survival, not choice.
Parenting became outsourced.
Connection became scheduled.
And we called it progress.
Now we’re exhausted, financially stretched, time-poor… and wondering why fewer people are choosing to have children.

This isn’t about “going backwards.”
It’s about recognising what we broke.

The real issue isn’t feminism, capitalism, or technology in isolation (as the interviewed states) - it’s the system we built when all three collided.

A system that:
Prices homes for two full-time incomes

Rewards productivity over presence

Treats raising children as a lifestyle choice, not a societal priority

So what’s the fix?
👉 Make family formation economically viable again.
That means:

Housing policies that support single-income optionality

Tax structures that don’t punish one parent stepping back

Flexible work as a default, not a perk

Treating parenting as nation-building, not career interruption.
Because right now, we’ve created a world where having children feels like a financial and personal risk.
And no society can sustain that.
We don’t need to rewind history.

We need to redesign the system - so people can build families without breaking themselves in the process.

[The Science Page @TheEMC2Hub]

@sciencegirl Walter Lewin has to be one of the most engaging physicists known to us. Here he explains the conservation of energy through an experiment.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

“Teachers who make physics boring are criminals”

Walter Lewin

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

NJ Legislature -…implementing share tables would be a complementary way to reduce food waste & also address food insecurity by offering a place for students to place items that they have already taken but not consumed or opened. https://t.co/IYk6GTlnUJ

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

NJ Legislature - Requires DOH to study indoor air quality at public schools, develop list of common indoor air contaminants at public schools, and establish guidance regarding potential mitigation measures. https://t.co/UYlFYwR3s6

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

NJ Legislature - Prohibits persons from installing, planting, or placing nonfunctional turf or invasive plant species on certain types of property during certain construction projects. https://t.co/la9pw27bqH

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

NJ Legislature - Eliminates prohibition on provision of single-use paper bags by grocery stores for delivery orders; requires certain retailers to repurpose cardboard boxes if feasible. https://t.co/EOwYnYlIOE

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

“We are redefining education to better suit the tool…is not progress, that is surrender. Dr. Jared CooneyHorvath:…in schools, it doesn't matter the size of the screen… they are going to hurt learning, which in turn hurt our kids' cognitive development." https://t.co/i810hKkl20

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

Women Are Not an Intervention. They Are Infrastructure. - American Post TV — Coast to coast, state to state, and across the globe… news that unites America with the world. https://t.co/ZxJ8WLsOOT

[Informa Cosmos @InformaCosmos]

🇸🇪 | El gobierno de Suecia ha decidido retomar el uso prioritario de libros físicos, papel y bolígrafos en las aulas para combatir el descenso en los niveles de comprensión lectora de los estudiantes.

Esta transición, bajo el lema "de la pantalla a la carpeta", elimina la obligatoriedad de herramientas digitales en preescolar y busca reducir las distracciones, basándose en estudios que señalan que el uso excesivo de pantallas puede afectar el desarrollo cerebral y la concentración de los niños.

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

🌎 Nueva publicación: “El clima no impacta igual: indicadores de género para la justicia climática”, analiza los indicadores género como clave para avanzar políticas climáticas más justas, especialmente en LATAM y el Sur Global.
📖 Léelo aquí 👉
https://t.co/JYCvBvedyJ
🔁 🙏🏾

[Maria Santiago, Ed.D, PhD(h.c.),FRSA, LA JEFA @Maria1Stgo]

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[Shining Science @ShiningScience]

🚨: Mia Heller, high school student, 18, invents water filter that eliminates 95.5% of microplastics.

[GoodNewsMovement @GoodNewsMVT]

Good News Movement went to NYC to film this kindhearted Turkish man who created an entryway so homeless people could sleep in his restaurant. He also got them a heatlamp 🥺 If that wasn’t enough, for 8 years, he hits the streets weekly, donating his food to people in need. The world needs more Ali Babas. ❤️ 🇹🇷

📍 Ali Baba Mediterranean Cusine. 224 E 53rd St, New York, NY 10022

(🎥 @GoodNewsMVT )