Leading With Mindfulness

Providing dedicated mindfulness support for every school

Arizona schools are back in session for the 2024-2025 school year! After taking what we’ve learned from the past decade of this work, we have adapted our program approach to better meet the evolving needs of each school we work with. This year, we are thrilled to pilot our new programming, Leading with Mindfulness, in which each school is assigned a dedicated full-time mindfulness coach. These coaches will provide weekly onsite education and support of trauma-informed Mindfulness-Based Social Emotional Learning (“MBSEL”) practices throughout the school year for students, teachers, and staff.

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Celebrate the gift of mindfulness in the 2024-25 school year!

2024-2025 School Partners

Thank you to our partner schools who will be piloting this new program with us starting this year!

David Crockett Elementary

BALSZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT (BESD)

Phoenix, Arizona

Ethos Academy

Glendale, Arizona

Marcos de Niza High

TEMPE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (TUHSD)

Tempe, Arizona

Meet the Team

We are thrilled to introduce you to three incredible additions to our Mindfulness First Team, Andra Prager, Stephanie Embery, and Veronica (“Vee”) Ford!

These full-time mindfulness coaches will be embedded in three schools across Maricopa County this upcoming school year. All three of these passionate coaches have instructed with Mindfulness First in the past and are going to excel in providing co-regulation, mindfulness, and connection across each of their school communities. All three coaches come to us with years of classroom experience along with their own personal mindfulness practices making them the perfect fit for the schools they will serve. We are so excited to welcome them onboard and look forward to sharing their heartwarming journey, impact, and stories with you this year!