DEVOTION TO LEARNING

This picture was taken at the Conservatory Garden in Harlem, NY, where I spent much of my free time as I lived and studied in this beautiful part of New York City.

Education is so important to me. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. Since the first grade, and probably before in pre-school, I was enamored by my teachers. I thought the very act of being guided to learn something new was just the most incredible superpower anyone could possess. To help sculpt and form a new mind to learn a new skill, language, or craft was just utterly fascinating to me and that fascination has never seem to cease since my early days as young learner.

I have scribed below some of my educational experiences that have shaped me and helped me grow into the educator, mentor, therapist, and student I am today.

Formal Education

Columbia School of Social Work - Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Program

Bank Street Graduate School of Education - Dual Degree Program in Special + General Masters of Education and Thesis in Emotionally Responsive Practice (ERP) as Trauma Informed Care

Connecticut College - Bachelors of Arts in Sociology

Yoga Teacher Training - Naturally Yoga, Yoga Studio in Glen Rock, New Jersey

Behavioral Tech - DBT specialists

Trainings

Divine Desire - Sex, Sexuality, Rebirth, and Tantra Training with Adriana Rizzolo

Body Temple Dance - a somatic and trauma informed movement training with Adriana Rizzolo

Make The Shift - Sex, Death, + Rebirth for the spiritual business owner with Adriana Rizzolo

The Ascension Seed - Nyasha + Reuben

My dear friends and I dancing to the sunset in Mazunte, Mexico, as we unknowingly recreate the sculpture in Central Park.