LEADER IN CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
DANIEL CHARVAT
Over 15 years leading the people, products and platforms behind how children learn. A specialist in education technology and contemporary learning across the US, Europe and China.
15 YEARS
in children’s education, managing over 2,000 online educators.
30,000+ TEACHERS
in a global ESL community I grew from 5,000.
30+ WORKSHOPS
where children aged 6–14 authored their own books.
3 LANGUAGES
English mother tongue and proficient in Mandarin and Italian.
Books I have published
I also write and illustrate original stories for children, and self-publish them. Every one is hand-drawn.
The Train to Timbuktu
The Dream Keeper
Where the Shadows Lie
The Unexpected Visitor
Things We Build
The Longer Story
I started out as a journalist, and words have been the through-line ever since. For a decade I worked behind the scenes of children's education, building the communities, training and platforms that teachers rely on. These days I spend more of my time with hands-on education initiatives.
South Africa · 2007
Studied journalism at Rhodes University, then management consulting in Johannesburg.
Beijing · 2011
Studied an MA in Global Corporate Communications at Tsinghua University.
San Francisco · 2014
Joined Mortar Advertising as a brand strategist and copywriter for medical-device companies.
Beijing · 2016
Senior Director at VIPKid. Grew its teacher community from 5,000 to 30,000+, built its learning centre and wrote the first version of its brand voice.
San Francisco · 2022
Vice President at BookNook, a US tutoring platform: 2,000+ tutors, plus curriculum, training and the learning platform they used.
Como · 2025
Co-created Storyverse, an AI literacy and creativity platform for children; run workshops where children write, illustrate and self-publish their own books; and lead narrative for The World of Lunavii.
WHITE PAPER · OCTOBER 2025
The Case for Nurturing Creative Vision in an AI-Driven World
Why children need to develop their own creative vision before, and alongside, learning to use AI.
