Hello, I’m A.M. Alpin.

I’m an educator, facilitator, storyteller, and experience designer helping organizations build more human cultures through creativity, reflection, and connection.

For more than twenty years, I’ve designed workshops, learning experiences, public programs, and collaborative storytelling initiatives for universities, nonprofits, libraries, museums, creative organizations, and mission-driven teams across the United States and abroad.

My work lives at the intersection of:

• storytelling

• organizational culture

• creative facilitation

• emotional intelligence

• innovation and learning

• leadership and transformation.

I design interactive workshops, retreats, and keynote experiences that help teams think differently, navigate change more thoughtfully, and build stronger cultures of trust, creativity, and resilience.

My background spans higher education, digital storytelling, and organizational leadership. Projects I’ve developed have received support from organizations including the Sundance Institute, the Independent Filmmaker Project, the Austin Film Society, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Southern Humanities Media Fund.

Alongside this work, I’ve built collaborative learning communities and led community-centered initiatives focused on storytelling, experimentation, and professional development—including co-founding and directing an independent nonprofit dedicated to innovative learning and culture-building for information professionals.

(M)othershift grew from a deep interest in transition: how people and organizations evolve, how identities shift, and how creativity, care, and reflection shape more sustainable ways of working and living together.

Today, (M)othershift partners with organizations navigating change through workshops, retreats, facilitated conversations, and story-centered experiences that strengthen culture, deepen trust, and support more human-centered futures.