Eric Heltzel

eric@teachearthaction.org

Eric Heltzel is a co-lead at Teach Earth Action.  In addition to his work for Teach Earth Action, Eric has over a decade of working in community colleges.    

He is a co-lead for the Chabot College Student Initiative Center, a center that assists students with group projects, provides professional development to teachers looking to incorporate Action Learning and other modalities into their teaching, supports clubs, programs, and classes to create initiatives that improve campus and community, and promotes collaboration among campus groups, community-based organizations, and community members.

Eric has worked for EdTech startups, including WriteLab, and he has directed several documentaries on Student Voice for Making Visible.  He continues to work on community engagement initiatives for his home town in Hayward.  Most recently, he developed the Tennyson Thrives Initiative, funded by The Davenport Institute for Public Engagement at Pepperdine University, a highly successful initiative that demonstrates how a college, community members, local organizations, and a city can work together around many different social justice and environmental equity issues.