Writing

I’ve written hundreds of articles and helped numerous organizations with small and large writing projects.

• Please view my articles for parents, teachers, and youth mentors at Roots of Action, a website I founded in 2011, now with over 2 million readers. Articles tackle how to grow supportive families, innovative workers, engaged citizens, and ethical leaders in the Digital Age.

• I’ve been a contributing writer at Psychology Today since 2011. Please view my collection of articles that intersect the fields of child development, neuroscience, education, and parenting.

• I’ve written a series of articles for teachers at Edutopia, a website sponsored by the George Lucas Education Foundation, that has been shared more than 50,000 times on social media.

In addition to the articles above, here are some examples of freelance projects, including a few organizations I’ve worked with to help them produce written materials.

• The Right Stuff: Do Innovators Share Similar DNA? - feature article published by The Henry Ford Magazine, Winter 2019, pp. 18-23.

• Bainbridge Island Alliance for Youth – website, brochures, and marketing development

• Youth Orchestra Salinas – grant materials review and research

• Digital materials published by Amplify Education Inc.

• Increasing Capacity to Engage Youth & Family Volunteers: Ready-Set-Go Resource Guide– volunteer guide published by GenerationOn.

• How Youth Become Passionate About Giving - article published by VolunteerSpot

• Prescription for Summer Doldrums? Volunteering! - article published by BuildOn.org

• Change a Child's Life: Be a Role Model– article published in the book, Inspiring Hope: One Story at a Time.

• Ask the Expert: Help! My 15-Year-Old Is Wasting His Summer – article published by Your Teen Magazine

• Where the Sea Meets the Land: Remembering Gregory Bateson -- an article I wrote in 2008 about my memories of Gregory Bateson, a scholar and mentor who greatly influenced my life and work.

My work can also be found in academic publications:

• Price-Mitchell, M. (2017) Empathy: How families lead with gratitude and kindness. Peer Bulletin (267), 11-15.

• Price-Mitchell, M. (2015). The quiet advocate behind thriving youth. Peer Bulletin (247), 22-16.

• Price-Mitchell, M. (2011). Book review of "School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools."The School Community Journal, 21 (1), 171-176.

• Price-Mitchell, M. (2010). Civic learning at the edge: Transformative stories of highly engaged youth, Fielding Graduate University.

• Price-Mitchell, M. (2009). Boundary dynamics: Implications for building parent-school partnerships. The School Community Journal, 19(2).