Berkeley resident Jean Ellisen is a graduate of the Certificate in Storytelling Program at Dominican University. She has tenure as a storyteller, trainer, mentor and member of the steering committee for the corps of storytellers at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. She has told stories to young and old alike in libraries, bookstores, hospitals, schools, campfires, storytelling festivals, and National Storytelling Network conferences in the Western United States. She has conducted storytelling workshops for primary grade teachers in the South Pacific where she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Jean currently serves as a board member of the Storytelling Association of Alta California, and is a member of the Bay Area Storytelling Festival committee. Her passion is helping others find their own voice through storytelling.
Jean Ellisen, Storyteller