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Helena Donato-Sapp was a keynote speaker in collaboration with Notre Dame
Helena Donato-Sapp (CW, ‘27) was a keynote speaker in a collaboration with Notre Dame in August 2025, with her topic being “Beyond Our Screens: Reimagining Critical Media Literacy.” Students from the Creative Writing and Film & Television Conservatories were able to experience Helena’s presentation in person as it was being live streamed to Notre Dame in Indiana. Among other accomplishments, Helena has been appointed as Commissioner for the California Department of Education Advisory Commission on Special Education (ACSE) and was the fourth annual System Improvement Leads Summit keynote speaker in December in Palm Springs.