Lisa Bono is the primary author of the EduCareDo early childhood subject course: Laying Foundations towards Inner Freedom in the Young Child. 

Lisa began working with young children and families in 2000. After meeting Anthroposophy and discovering Waldorf Education in 2003, she along with her husband received their M.S.Ed in Waldorf Education from Sunbridge College.

Lisa is the founding teacher of the New Amsterdam School, a Waldorf School in NYC, where she became the Director/Faculty Chair and taught Early Childhood, birth to seven for ten years. After supporting the growth of three Waldorf School initiatives through work with young children, teachers and families in the greater NYC Metro area, Lisa and her husband moved to Kathmandu, Nepal.

Lisa is the co-founder of Sano Taraharu (“ Little Stars of Nepal”), an organization working in orphanages and children’s homes in Kathmandu.

Other current projects Lisa has contributed to include Abiding – Heart Education, and designing for Burning Heart Clothing. She is also a contributor to the work of Developing the Self – Developing the World.

Lisa currently lives with her husband and daughter in Portland, Oregon, USA and teachs Early Childhood classes at the Cedarwood Waldorf School.

The inner work path informs and guides Lisa’s work with young children and with communities around the world.

“When thinking about my contributions to EduCareDo and why I place my efforts here, I consistently experience a resounding expression of “freedom” and “future” that wells up in my inner life. Since encountering anthroposophy in 2000 and then in 2008 the Inner Work Path, I have been walking a different life than before. The spiritual nature and accessible content of these impulses, have shaped my inner landscape profoundly and in turn my outer life has also unfolded differently.. I have found that in these times my work with the young child and my own self development of the spirit requires the support of a group of individuals that are guided by a shared commitment to volunteering in support of an organization working on behalf of our spirit nature, through which inner freedom and commitment to the future tasks of humanity on the side of true freedom, lives, weaves and works between us. It is a true gift of my life, striving to serve from inner knowing and guidance.  For this I am forever grateful.”