Cristina Fuentes Antoniazzi, PhD in Drama Theatre and Performance at theUniversity of Huddersfield, UK, actor-researcher, mindfulness expert andcommunications consultant. On a professional level, Cristina combines knowledge from different disciplines(theatre, psychology and meditation). She uses cutting-edge techniques to improveindividuals’ and groups’ communicational skills in her workshops and individualsessions. In her PhD she researched how mindfulness can …
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Bilajana Pesheva
Biljana Pesheva is the Founder and Executive Director of the Association of Citizens SUNA Healthy LIFE in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. As a nationally qualified adult trainerunder North Macedonian law for education, she has extensive experience in the psychological direction of transactional analysis, with over 600 working hours of training domestically and internationally. Biljana …
Volodymyr Pashkovskyy
With the outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, I initiated the process of uniting the Ukrainian community of mindfulness instructors and facilitated its dialogue with the global community of mindfulness teachers, which led to wider networking and various collaborations. Starting in March 2022, for about a year and a half, I held …
Alicia Vasquez
Alicia Vasquez is a fifth-year PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program at Pacific University. With an academic emphasis in Latinx Psychology, Alicia has received extensive training in research, clinical, and outreach work that centers on the experience and needs of the Latinx community. As a first-generation Latinx student, she has unique insight into the …
Kathy Trang
Kathy Trang (she/her), PhD, is a research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health. Her research has focused on elucidating how post-traumatic stress impacts mental health and developmental outcomes within and across generations and how we can best intervene in cross-cultural settings to improve wellbeing among high-risk populations in the United States, Vietnam, Peru, and …
Jonas Mago
Jonas Mago is a cognitive neuroscientist and wellbeing aficionado, interested in the cognitive mechanisms underlying human flourishing. His research investigates contemplative practices that aim to bring about wholesome states of mind – from meditation and prayer to collective cultural rituals and psychedelic therapies. Jonas works from an interdisciplinary perspective, combining cognitive, neurobiological, computational, and phenomenological …
Zishan Jiwani
Zishan Jiwani is a is a Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology and a research assistant at the Center for Healthy Minds. His research broadly centers on issues related to health equity. His research foci include mindfulness and meditation, mental health in the Global South, and applied quantitative methods. Before beginning his career in Psychology, Zishan …
Eric Claravall
I have recently been promoted to associate professor (early tenure and promotion) at the College of Education, California State University Sacramento. My research interests fall within the intersection of cognition, critical literacy, social justice pedagogy, and contemplative practices in education. One of my research agendas is to understand the critical role of compassionate reading comprehension …
Ivana Burić
I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Amsterdam where I conduct research on the psychoneuroimmunology of mindfulness. After completing a master’s programme in psychology at University of Zagreb (Croatia), I obtained two PhDs: one by Coventry University (UK) in 2018 and another by Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University …
Julieta Galante
Julieta Galante is a qualified medical doctor specialised in public mental health research. She typically applies rigorous methods to real-world scenarios, involving stakeholders, acknowledging social dynamics, and embracing complexity. Her main focus has been to study the potential of meditation practices for mental health promotion, particularly those techniques used in secular settings. The practices she …
