Carla Tantillo Philibert founded Mindful Practices in 2006, and since then, her team has worked with over 300 schools and 100,000 students across Chicago, the United States, and internationally to provide educator professional development, in-school and remote learning Pre-K to 12th grade student classes, after school programming, and parent and community support in wellness, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), yoga, mindfulness and the arts. Mindful Practices’ staff takes pride in providing engaging and relevant programming designed to bring all members of the school into a learning community built on relationships, support and connection. In addition to leading the MP team, Carla is the author of Cooling Down Your Classroom (2012), and the Everyday SEL series (Routledge, 2016 & 2017). Carla has a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, is a certified yoga teacher and is a founding teacher and curriculum director of a high school in Chicago. She has taught at both the elementary and secondary levels, is the co-creator of Hip-Hop Yoga, and is a highly qualified professional development provider. Carla has presented in Ireland, Canada, Greece, Spain, India, and Mexico.