Neuroscientist; Learning Scientist; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Neurology in Complimentary Alternative Medicine, Oregon Health Science University; Mindfulness and Yoga Instructor; Founder, MindHeart Consulting; Former Graduate Student/Researcher, David Geffen Medical School and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, where she examined the impact of mindfulness-based practices on the relationship between student behavior, wellbeing, and emotion regulation in low-SES K-12 settings