Torie Weiston-Serdan is a scholar, practitioner, and social entrepreneur focusing on youth power building and shifting systems.
She is currently available for speaking engagements
My Background
I’m a scholar-practitioner and social entrepreneur doing the work that my ancestors left for me. I work and write to question, critique, problematize, and freedom dream. I am writing and working on issues related to critical youth work, abolition, and the radical reimagining of systems.
B.A., English
2000 – 2004
M.A., Education
2006 – 2012
Ph.D., Education
2009– 2013
University of Gloucestershire (Study Abroad)
2002 – 2003

This book introduces the concept of critical mentoring, presenting its theoretical and empirical foundations, and providing telling examples of what it looks like in practice, and what it can achieve.
The Reimagining Youth Work podcast is an exciting, new, and thoughtful exploration of how our world is impacting young people, what adults can do to re-think their work with young people, and how we can all work together to re-make the systems that serve young people.
