Dominic Cappello Studiolo

Welcome to Studiolo (Italian for “the little study”)—Dominic Cappello’s live-work design studio on Santa Fe’s historic Canyon Road. Cappello is an advocate for "best practice" in public safety, health, and the building of sustainable, resilient communities.

Cappello developed the Let's Talk Safety and Success learning management systems to prevent youth violence, substance abuse, and injury prevention. Cappello’s work in community health and safety received national attention in 2000 when his books Ten Talks About Violence, Ten Talks About Drugs and Choices (with Xenia Becher) and Ten Talks About Sex and Character (with Pepper Schwartz, PhD) were featured on Oprah, catapulting Ten Talks to the NY Times bestseller list. Cappello has been featured on The Today Show, ABC News, NBC News, CNN, and has facilitated more than one hundred National Education Association Can We Talk? Family and Student Health training institutes around the country. He also directs the NM Dept. of Health's  injury prevention initiative The Resiliency Corps, and co-instructs the course Youth Safety, Health and Resiliency at the University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus. Cappello's illustrations populate books, animated educational shorts, and social satires. Please contact Dominic Cappello at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .