Established in 2024, Shapes of Knowledge Studio emerged from our shared vision to foster knowledge design projects and make knowledge design accessible to individuals and collectives
Meet the Team
Sarah and Raquel both come from backgrounds as educators and hold advanced degrees in curriculum studies. We find that when people think of knowledge design (or curriculum design), they think of schools, content areas, and K-12 students. This is all important work, but we're interested in the forms curriculum can take outside of schools.
Sarah Gerth
Sarah (She/her) is a curriculum designer and researcher specializing in the role of senses, affects, and materiality in ways of knowing. Through her roles as Program Manager at Black Paint Curriculum Lab, Instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University, Director of City Learning Ecology at City Seminary of New York, and Co-Director on the curatorial team of CSNY’s Walls-Ortiz Gallery, she designs curriculum at the intersection of creative practice, place, and theology. She completed her undergraduate studies at Princeton University, and has a Masters and Doctorate in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Raquel Vigil
Raquel (She/her) is a knowledge designer and educator based in San Francisco with over 15 years of experience in education. She has designed curricula for school districts, companies such as Adidas and Twitch, and a range of community-based organizations seeking to innovate their learning models. Raquel holds a Master’s in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Previously, Raquel served as Director of Learning at the Edible Schoolyard Project, where she led the development of curriculum and educational resources for school-based food and garden programs. She also designed professional learning experiences to support educators in implementing this work across diverse settings. Currently, Raquel works as a freelance knowledge designer, contributing to projects of varying scale and subject matters.
She believes in the power of curriculum to create transformative change in the lives of both young people and adults.