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In addition to international service, I contribute locally in my home town as a founding board member, Trauma Recovery Yoga Instructor and lead trainer with The Shanthi Project, a non-profit organization which conducts Trauma-Informed Yoga and Mindfulness classes at the county prison, juvenile justice center, Boys and Girls Club, and area school districts for grades K-12.
I was fortunate to have studied with Dr. Milton Trager, the founder of The Trager Approach, who passed away in 1997. Further study with outstanding Trager Instructors has provided me with a professional expertise for which I am very grateful. Studying Yoga with Sri K. Pattbhi Jois, who introduce the West to Ashtanga Yoga as well as with many of Ashtanga's foremost instructors enriched my life immeasurably. Of additional benefit to my endeavors is the knowledge received while obtaining Plant Based Nutrition Certification through Cornell University, the classes being taught by Dr. T. Colin Campbell, author of "The China Study" and "Whole."
My passion for service found me engaged as Director of International Relations for Real Medicine Foundation and working closely with UN Agencies and foreign governments. It was a privilege to participate in so many international relief programs to improve primary health care service in disadvantaged areas of post-conflict, disaster affected and poverty-stricken countries, including Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Armenia and post-earthquake Haiti.
It was humbling to be honored by mention in South Sudan’s Medical Journal/JubaLink as a principal in establishing the country’s first College of Nursing and Midwifery. The
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