Our Team

The Visionaries Behind the Movement

Young Innovators Schools is revolutionizing Early childhood education in Orlando and beyond. Our founding team of educators and academia have come together with a mission to empower childhood early education through creative curriculums that prepare them for a world of constant change.

Our pioneering people-centered curriculum integrates new trends in education and takes cutting-edge learning concepts to the next level, ensuring every young learner achieves their highest potential.

A Company Built by educators focused on radically improving how children learn

Edwrd-clapp — Dr. Edward Clapp introduces maker-learning strategies developed by Agency by Design.

Harvard-teacher-training — Collaboration in action: Erika Seger, Donna Carruthers, Misti Castner and Marnie Forestieri.

Dr. Debby Mitchell and Marnie Forestieri.

A community of academia and practitioners begins working together to create the framework for design the first STEM curriculum for early childhood education in Oviedo Florida.

Leadership Team

Founders

Marnie Forestieri

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

An award-winning educator, author, and entrepreneur, Marnie leads YIA’s strategic vision, curriculum philosophy, and national expansion. She is the co-creator of the Innovation Advantage™ Curriculum and CAPE™ Framework.

Bharath Mundlapudi

CO-FOUNDER, INVESTOR, AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bharath is based in silicon valley San Francisco, USA, and is a serial entrepreneur and business executive, currently, he founded a company with 750 staff members, in intelligent enterprise automation space. Prior to this, he founded a company in Big Data, ML and Data Science space. He has been part of companies like Netflix and Yahoo!

Curriculum & Education Leadership

Dr. Debby Mitchell

Vice President of Curriculum

An early childhood education expert with decades of experience, Dr. Mitchell leads curriculum design, ensuring alignment with developmental research and educational best practices.