Team
LAURA EDWARDS
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Significant experience in the areas of fundraising, volunteer recruitment and management, sales, marketing, branding, personal and corporate financial management, organization of small and large special events including 8 complicated China-wide golf tournaments and cultural experiences.
Laura has traveled to Canton, Taiwan, and Mainland China more than 40 times, building trust, and interest in all-girls day-school education in Vancouver.
Extensive knowledge of independent schools, and the non-profit sector.
Laura has worked with countless families and groups locally and globally to present, explain, and support the independent school admissions process.
Works closely with non-profit boards of directors, to ensure board leadership, good governance, and support.
Proven marketing, development, negotiating, motivational, leadership, and public speaking skills.
TOM STOKES
Mr. Tom is not only the principal of Indigo Education, but also the independent school application expert at the firm. Over the past ten years, he has helped thousands of families with accurate positioning and comprehensive development, enabling them to successfully pass independent school assessments and interviews, and ultimately receive offers from top Vancouver independent schools such as St. George’s, Crofton House, York House, and WPGA.
At the same time, Mr. Tom is also a well-recognized expert in children’s picture books and has published several titles. He is particularly skilled at inspiring children’s creativity, imagination, and leadership, which are all qualities that are highly valued by independent schools. His teaching style is vivid and engaging, and he excels at guiding children to grow through exploration while cultivating lifelong, well-rounded abilities.
MR JOSEPH
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
With nearly two decades in performance and public speaking experience, Joseph leads our team of teachers working on building a child’s confidence on stage. As a director, he provides opportunities for different children to gain real-life experience in performance. He has had numerous successes in New York and Vancouver as a show director. At Indigo Education he has been the coach for our emcees for all of our public speaking and modeling events. Last year, he was proud to bring Indigo Education’s students to the stage in Beauty and the Beast Jr.
LEAH ERDOS
PUBLIC SPEAKING TEACHER
Ms Leah is a passionate arts educator who has lived and taught on 4 continents. She has been teaching drama, art, and English as a Second Language for almost ten years and has worked with young people, of all ages, in schools and communities around the world. She specializes in integrated arts education and loves to see young people develop and use their ‘soft’ skills to advance themselves to new, amazing heights. Ms Leah has run countless workshops using drama and art for the development of confident performers/speakers and she is excited to bring her skills to Indigo!
Ms Leah has a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies from Acadia University and a Master of Arts in Applied Theatre: Drama in the Community and Drama Education from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has spoken at The National Presenters Network Conference at The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, UK, where she discussed the importance of integrated arts education for young learners.
TINA-MARIE SPRINGHAM
Tina-Marie Springham is a professional actor & voice-over artist, currently based in Vancouver, BC. Working between LA and Vancouver, Tina-Marie has established herself in the International VoiceOver Industry as well as the North American independent film industry. She works consistently in voice-over and can be heard voicing for Audible.com and many corporate, commercial and animation projects around the world. She can also be seen in dozens of award nominated and winning film projects.
Tina-Marie wears another professional hat in the Teaching area. Known as ‘Ms. Tina’ to her students, she guides, teaches and prepares her students in Public Speaking, Stage Presence and Confidence Coaching and Speech and Creative Writing. She has many young students, Grades 1-3 prepping for the yearly RCM ~ Royal Conservatory Speech Arts and Drama Examinations, in a fun, supportive yet rigorous step-by-step preparation to master all the RCM criteria. The students have great fun with Ms Tina’s approach, while growing through the learning curve of performance and gaining confidence and experience for future stages and presentations. The tools Ms. Tina teaches can translate well into regular studies in their school classes and they all gain confidence in life skills. Ms. Tina inspires the students to be their best in unique and exciting, long lasting ways.
Margaret Onedo
FANG FANG
ACCOUNTS MANAGER (VANCOUVER WEST - FANG FANG)
As a key part of the team, Ms. Fang brings a personal touch to each family’s unique needs. She helps establish the connection between teacher, student, and parent to ensure smooth communication.
SANER WANG
PRINCIPLE (WEST VANCOUVER), FASHION SHOW PROJECT MANAGER - SANER
Saner is the point of contact for our families in the North Shore. She is also the key liaison for events like the various fashion shows Indigo Education is a part of.
