Bio

Ingrid Lindal has a master’s degree in Human Services and Family Studies with an emphasis on Early Childhood Education from Kansas State University. She has been an early childhood teacher in various preschools in Costa Rica and the United States. She has more than 8 years of experience working with children from birth to 5 years old. Currently, she works in the Extension Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in the early childhood program area. The focus of her work is socio-emotional development in children birth to 5 years old and the emotional well-being of teachers and their students. In her role as an extension educator, she develops and implements professional trainings for teachers such as "Learning through Block Play", "STEM", "Strategies for classroom management", "Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the classroom”, among others.