Q&A with Luminari Alum, Alex Vasile Hi, I’m Alex Vasile, a Pittsburgh native on an exciting journey from aspiring architect to promising medical professional. Born in Connecticut and raised in Chicago, my family moved to Pittsburgh when I was …
Q&A with Luminari Alum, Alex Vasile Hi, I’m Alex Vasile, a Pittsburgh native on an exciting journey from aspiring architect to promising medical professional. Born in Connecticut and raised in Chicago, my family moved to Pittsburgh when I was …
Help us welcome Tom Berich to the Luminari team as our new Operations Manager! Tom brings decades of experience in radio, the arts, directing, announcing, and script writing. Recently, he moved back from Buffalo, where he served as the Program …
by Beth Dolinar, Contributing Writer Soon it will be Thanksgiving Day, a time of family and pumpkin pie, football games and the warm smells of turkey filling the home. For me there will be something even more evocative—a strange and …
by Dana Wineland O’Rourke, Contributing Writer Few things excited me more in first grade than seeing the record player stand wheeled to the front of our classroom. My love of music began early and watching the teacher raise the lid …
by Margot Callahan, Contributing Writer We adopted our boy when he was three. He had come from neglect and abuse from his bio family, and a foster care system that didn’t treat him much better, having five placements, including one …
by Margot Callahan, Contributing Writer When I was 17 years old, I didn’t consider myself particularly attractive because that wasn’t really talked about in our family. Plus, I went to Catholic school, and the blue uniform didn’t make anyone all …
Luminari’s Lesson Plans and Videos: A Growing Impact In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as schools around the world shuttered and students transitioned to remote learning, the team at Luminari found themselves facing a unique challenge. How could …
by Beth Dolinar, Contributing Writer We said goodbye to our beloved Smoothie last month, taking the aged Sheltie for his last ride before he went to sleep for the last time. I started that sentence with “we” because, although Smoothie …
by Dana Wineland O’Rourke, Contributing Writer “Come and listen to my story…” If you started to sing those words, chances are you grew up in a house with one television, no remote control, and only a few channels. For anyone …
by Beth Dolinar, contributing writer The electric bill for June was bad—bad enough to cause me to turn off the air conditioning. Many of us have been sweating through the hottest summer on record. Just keeping the AC at a …
