Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Education
Publications
Presentations / Workshops
1. From Mindfulness to Heartfulness. Author talk and booksigning. Vroman’s bookstore,
Pasadena, Ca (2015)
2. From Mindfulness to Heartfulness. Author talk and booksigning. The Claremont Forum,
Claremont, Ca. (2015)
3. Neuroscience, Spirituality and Psychotherapy. Los Angeles County Department of
Mental Health Annual Conference, Los Angeles, Ca. (2015)
4. Cultivating Emotional Resilience. Talk given to prison inmates / Pitzer College prison
outreach program. Colton Prison, (2015)
5. Stress Reduction through Mindfulness and Heartfulness. Pitzer College, Claremont, Ca.
(2015)
6. Cultivating Heartfulness for Personal Transformation. Internet podcast / interview for
GoGreenInside.com March 5, 2014
7. Embodied Spirituality. Dialogue with Mirabai Starr internet interview / podcast for the
Shift Network, Jan 6, 2014
8. Heartfulness for Healing. Pathfinder for Healing Interview Series / podcast youtube Oct
2013
9. Emotional Health and Healing. Young Women’s Empowerment Conference Pomona
Unified School District, Guest Speaker Jan 2014
10. From Mindfulness to Heartfulness. Pitzer College, Claremont, Ca. March 2014 - Guest
Speaker
11. Transforming Lives through Bilingual Education (A Psychophysiological Perspective).
Ventura County California Association for Bilingual Educators ( CABE) Annual
Conference – Keynote Speaker. Sept. 2011
12. Find your Balance: Living Healthy in College. Presentation Cal Poly Pomona, Oct 1
2013
13. Reclaim your Heart. Westwood Presbyterian Annual Women’s Weekend Retreat. Nov.
2012 – Weekend Retreat Leader
14. Embodied Contemplative Practice. The Oregon Extension – Summer Contemplative
Retreat – June 2013, August, 2013, June 2014, Aug 2014 – Workshop presenter
15. Empowerment through Positive Emotion. Executive Women’s International, Upland Ca.
Chapter Meeting, Feb 2013 - Keynote
16. The Intelligence of the Heart. Pomona’s Cultural Tolerance Summer Camp, July 2012 –
Workshop Presenter
17. Holistic Living and Embodied Spirituality. Teacher Education Conference and Seminar,
Cal State San Bernardino, Oct. 2009 – Keynote
18. Ahimsa and Sustainable Happiness: A Psychophysiological Perspective. Ahimsa and
Sustainable Happiness Conference, Cal Poly Pomona, Nov. 2012 - Presenter
19. The Psychophysiology of Healing. Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, Ca.,
March 2014 – Guest Lecturer
20. The Power Within. Conference for Nurturing the Spirit, Mind and Soul in Troubled
Times, Claremont Graduate University, 2008 – Workshop Presenter
21. Stress Relief from the Inside Out. Beat Student Stress Week at Cal Poly Pomona, Jan
2013 – Keynote
22. Cultivating the Power Within. Conference for Nurturing the Spirit, Mind and Soul in
Troubled Times, Claremont Graduate University, 2008 - Presenter
23. Mindfulness in Leadership. Drucker School, of Business Management. 2007 - Guest
Lecture
24. Mindfulness and Emotional Resilience in Leadership. MBA program, University of La
Verne, 2007 – Guest Lecture
25. Impact of High Stakes Testing on the Emotional Wellbeing of Teachers. With Laurie
Schroeder. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, Il., 2007 –
Co-presenter
26. Nurturing the Soul of the Teacher: Stress Reduction and Holistic Integrated Learning.
With Laurie Schroeder. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago,
Il., 2007 – Co-presenter
27. Creating a Transdisciplinary Community in a Graduate Institution. Lily Conference on
College and University Teaching. Cal Poly Pomona, 2006 – Keynote Panel
28. The Heart in Education: Teaching and Learning from Wisdom Traditions and New
Sciences Perspectives. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San
Francisco Ca., 2006 – Co-presenter
29. Developing Emotional Resilience in the Workplace. Rytheon Corporation, Issues of
Diversity Series, 2007 – Keynote
30. Developing Emotional Resilience in an Educational Setting. Colorado College, Colorado
Springs, Co., 2006 – featured Presenter
31. The Resilient Educator: Emotional Resilience and Stress Management in Education.
Claremont Graduate University, Teacher Education Seminar. 2005 – Guest Lecturer
32. Let Peace Begin with Me: Stress Management in Peace Work. Peace Education
Conference, University of La Verne. 2005 – Presenter
33. Stress Management and Emotional Resilience in Service Learning. Conference for
Service Learning, Golden West College, Hunting Beach, Ca. 2005 – Presenter
34. Taking Flight: Stress management for the flight industry, Cal Poly English Language
Institute Aviation Hospitality Program, Cal Poly Pomona, Oct 2015 – Presenter
35. Staying Healthy in flight, , Cal Poly English Language Institute Aviation Hospitality
Program, Cal Poly Pomona, Oct 2015 – Presenter
36. From Mindfulness to Heartfulness, Pilgrim Place Religious Education Speaker Series,
Claremont Ca., Jan 2016 – Presenter
37. Inside Out: Spirituality and Wellbeing, Health and Human Development sponsored
conference, California State Fullerton, Fullerton, Ca., April 2016 – primary presenter
Teaching
Cal Poly Pomona – 25 year lecturer Yoga / Meditation and many other
Stress Management activity courses
The Integrated Being
Scientific Foundations of Claremont Graduate University
Sportsmedicine The Heart in Holistic Education
Exercise Physiology Laboratory
Heart Based Teaching, Learning and Contemplative and Sentient Living:
Research Psychophysiological effects and
Working Mindfully with Marginalized Research
Families and Children Teaching Contemplative Practice
Teaching Assistant – Quantitative
Methods Claremont Lincoln University
Mindfulness
Claremont School of Theology
Embodied Spirituality: The Colorado College
Psychophysiology of Contemplative The Heart in Education: Stress
Practice Reduction and Holistic Integrated
Learning
Awards
Research Related
Grant Work
TENDS - TestEdge National Demonstration Study. Senior Graduate Investigator
for a 1.5 million dollar grant funded by the Federal Department of Education to
examine a program designed to reduce academic and test anxiety in K-12
settings. 2004-2005
The Ontario Project~ A Housing and Urban Development Grant (HUD), Health
Consultant for a $350,000 dollar grant, in charge of the Promotora project, a
project designed to equip women of a lower socio-economic Hispanic community
with skills to become health educators and advocates in their own community.
2005