Shelli Hoppe
Summary: 20+ years international education experience spanning 6 countries and 5 American states. 10+ years international strategic consultancy experience. 5+ years research and design experience. Speaks some of seven languages. Loves martial arts, dancing, painting, and poetry.
MFA Poetry
Warren Wilson College—Asheville, North Carolina
Renate Wood Poetry Scholarship, Wally Scholarship, and Bernhardt Family Grant
MPS UX Design
Maryland Institute College of Art—Baltimore, Maryland
MVP DesignFest
Shark Tank Fellowship
Graduate Certificate in Transdisciplinary Studies
The New Centre for Research and Practice—Berlin, Germany
Thesis: Artificial Intelligence in 20th Century Rural France and the Theories of Fernand Deligny.
Advised by Mo Salemy.
MA TESOL/MSED Special Education and Teaching
Middlebury Institute of International Studies/City College of New York, CUNY
BUILD President at Middlebury
NYC Teaching Fellow at City College of New York
50% finished, Transitional B Certificate
BA English
Brigham Young University—Provo, UT
Choose to Give, Executive Director
London Study Abroad
Management and Research Experience:
2023-Now
(Re) Design Psych
Founder and CEO
Solving the wicked problem of ineffective trauma therapy and theory through AI and data science/design innovation.
09/2024-Now
Community Health Research Associate
Americorps + University of Iowa + Federal Government—Iowa City, Iowa
Using data to suggest improvements to the user interface.
Evaluating mental health training modules with users via surveys and focus groups.
Conducting an environmental scan of CHW programs in various states and identify best practices.
Investigating ways in which AmeriCorps members are integrated into CHW work in other states.
Exploring tools and methods implemented by other states to ensure that CHW training programs
are inclusive and accessible to individuals with language barriers and/or disabilities.
05/2019-Now
Director of Strategic Partnerships
The Kite Zine—New York City, New York
Leading efforts at developing a solid nonprofit infrastructure.
Consulted directly with Gigi Blanchard on speaking opportunities, building procurement, equity initiatives and educational programming.
“You are a complete godsend.” - Gigi Blanchard, Founder of The Kite Zine
10/2015-Now
Founder, Creative Director
Capable Magazine—New York City, NY
Designing, curating and editing all submissions after building the website in a 72-hour design sprint.
Working with authors from The New York Times, The Sun, and Yale to publish and
promote work from disabled and chronically ill artists and authors.
10/2015-Now
Lead Strategist
Teach North Korean Refugees—Seoul, South Korea
Organization helps hundreds of North Korean refugees author their own lives through English language services and other services.
Organization has led to five TED talks and many memoirs published by only the best houses.
Working directly with Yeon-mi Park to publicize her memoir In Order to Live.
“Shelli Hoppe is the expert business connector.” — Casey Lartigue Jr., Founder, Teach North Korean Refugees
09/2022-2023
Lead Consultant
Boston University—Boston, Massachusetts.
Advised research team on efficacy of a product designed to help college administrators help women on the autism spectrum.
Residencies
2025 ArteSumapaz, Columbia
2-months artist-in-residence in sculpture and painting outside Bogota.
2025 Spitsbergen Artist-in-Residence, Norway
Multidisciplinary artist residency at the North Pole/Arctic Circle.
2022 Tomales Bay Writers Conference with Writing by Writers, USA
Retreat for a week with Carl Phillips and Pam Houston in Northern California.
2021 The Kenyon Review Teachers Workshop with Tracy K. Smith, USA
Workshop for outstanding teacher-authors through The Kenyon Review, remote.
2020 Catapult 12-Month Poetry Generator with Rosebud Ben-Oni, USA
Scholarship awardee, remote.
.2019 OMEGA “Women in Power” with Tarana Burke & Roxanne Gay, USA
100% Scholarship with living stipend to Omega Institute to meet world leaders on international women’s rights, Upstate New York.
