Great schools and training programs offer learning opportunities that go far beyond the syllabus. We asked some amazing folks from the community to share stories from their educational journey with us.

Lisa Saff Koche

The biggest lessons from my training weee my awarenesses that traditional medicine did not have all the answers. I always asked why and the answer was “this is just how we do it!”. It led initially to frustration and then to a insatiable curiosity to learn alternative healing modalities. It all began at the age of 15 when I was diagnosed with childhood leukemia despite feeling totally fine. Read more>>

Thera Storm

In 2002 I received an undergraduate degree in Communications. Although I found some success working in marketing and advertising, everything changed in 2004 when my twin sister was almost killed during her combat deployment. Through the experience as a caregiver and interfacing with the military system, I knew I wanted to be a social worker one day. I was able to earn my masters degree in social work (much later) in 2013. Read more>>

Claira Dresher

My time in college had 3 phases, my freshman year, 3 years in the school of hard knocks and then 3 years back to complete my bachelor’s degree. Each phase taught me important life lessons. At the end of my freshman year, I dropped out of college. My mother received a job opportunity to move to Seoul, Korea to open a skin care salon where she was to be the primary aesthetician. Read more>>