Norah Dooley

Norah Dooley is a highly experienced curriculum developer, project director, performer, and author with a diverse background in storytelling and arts education. Since June 2010, Dooley has been leading the StoriesLive® program, impacting over 6,000 high school students in Greater Boston through storytelling and scholarship competitions. Dooley's extensive work as a performer and arts educator spans back to 1992 with Arts for Learning Massachusetts and includes significant publications with Lerner Publishing Group. Notable academic roles include adjunct faculty at Lesley University and visiting lecturer at Tufts University, where storytelling for social justice was a focus. Dooley also co-founded massmouth, an organization dedicated to storytelling engagement in Massachusetts, and established the Royalston Shakespeare Company. Educational credentials include a Master’s in Creative Arts in Learning from Lesley University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University.