MARY ANN MANZANO is a Google for Education Certified Trainer & Innovator, the Founder of Gtech.Guru (https://gtech.guru) and the Co-Founder of ArtsTalk PH (http://artstalkph.com)

Since 2010, she has been working with companies in their initiatives to move to the cloud.

In the last eight years, she has been instrumental in moving universities and schools to go Google and has trained educators all over the country to aid the digital transformation in their schools.

Her mission is to promote innovation and web-based learning in schools, extend educators’ learning networks, and help educators with their drive for a more student-focused curriculum and problem-solving mindset.

She has a wide range of hobbies, which includes crochet, cooking, singing and writing and has recently co-founded an online art gallery for Filipino artists to sell their art online, called Arts Talk PH (artstalkph.com) with a live show called Brush with Artists every Thursday on Facebook & YouTube.

She also moderates a podcast/Twitter chat every Saturday called The Weekend Habit #gurochat to help spark the discussion on education.