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.

Lennis Perez

While training to become a Chopra primordial sound meditation teacher, I met a group of wonderful women who have been key in contributing to each other’s success. We started the training during the first year of the pandemic. Everything was virtual, all the meetings, training, with the exception of our individual daily meditation practice. I stumbled upon this group of ladies my chance (or so I thought). Read more>>

JK DeLapp, L. Ac. DAOM

In going a very different medical route and attending Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, I learned very quickly that our modern medical understanding – not just of how our bodies work, but how nature in general is interconnected – is drastically oversimplified and almost infantile. Often reduced to “I don’t need to worry about that, I’ll just go to the doctor and take a pill” kinda mentality. Read more>>

Tyrus Arthur

Massage Therapy School is a whirlwind of information, new ideas and personal growth. Imagine walking into a classroom filled with a dozen or so strangers, then within a few days you’re all laying on tables taking turns tracing out each others muscles and identifying boney landmarks. That progresses into advanced anatomy classes. finding out minute details about all the bones, ligaments, tendons and fascia. Learning the names of hundreds of skeletal muscles, where they are, what actions they’re responsible for, where they’re attached and what nerve controls them. It’s no joke, Read more>>

Teniola Akinwuntan

During my time in high school I had some really good moments, but my best moment was in a particular class during my senior year. So I was basically a new student with expectations. I remember my first presentation in this class. We were all requested to write an essay about the processes of flying on an airplane. My Dad was currently working as a telecommunications manager back then at a Nigerian Airways, so I had learnt and connected my imaginary friends in anticipation of becoming an aircrew director someday. Read more>>

Nancy Eigel-Miller

We are doing mental health prevention training in schools. We train three different audiences: students, staff, and parents. With mental health becoming a larger problem with the general population it is extremely important to teach people coping skills to build their resiliency. “Thank you for an incredible and rewarding presentation this morning. Read more>>

Mike Kenny
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I’m a United States Military Academy (West Point) graduate and a retired US Army Special Forces officer. Being gritty and tenacious was essential to making it through that very rigorous training and education process and has served me well throughout my life and career. Teaching or “building partner capacity” as we termed it in the Special Forces is another critical skillset I developed over the years. Whether teaching small unit tactics and basic rifle marksmanship to our various foreign partners or more complex operational planning constructs to our field grade officers at the Command and General Staff College, Read more>>