Marcena has 25 years experience in working with children and families in Foster/Adoption along with those children whom are at risk. Working with families in creating a paradigm shift in child welfare and creating successful positive outcomes for children in education. In terms of relationships in child development my vision is to secure and advocate by putting words into actions in bringing positive outcomes for children and families in need.

Tamyra LaFrance is a Family Life Educator (FLE) and End-of-Life Coach (EOLC) pursuing her Doctorate in Human Development and Family Studies. She holds an Executive Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Human Service Management. Tamyra is a creative who is passionate about women’s empowerment and strengthening the foundation of families through the mother-daughter dyad. As an EOLC, she aims to help people prepare for life’s inevitable transition from earth through educational, informative, and/or transformative conversations and plans.

Reverend Michael Bernard Lattimore, MA is the Senior Minister and Spiritual Director of Ahiah Center for Spiritual Living Pasadena, California He is a descendant of the Balanta people in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa and has returned there to manage sustainable food projects for rice and cashews, install solar lights in villages, and to sponsor students and build schools in the land of his ancestors. Kissumma (his Balanta name) holds a Masters degree in Spiritual Psychology with 27 years of sacred service to the Ahiah Center for Spiritual Living. A lifelong student of world religions and former Catholic altar boy destined for the seminary, he has practiced many of the world’s religions and he uses his diverse spiritual life experience and wisdom as the basis of his wisdom talks, classes, experientials and ceremonies. Rev. Michael is a heart-centered leader who is known for his empathy, compassion and kindness. He demonstrates these beliefs in his service to his community and the incarcerated of California prisons through his work with the FreedomtoChoose Prison Project.

Carly Tolbert is a passionate and highly skilled Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has spent more than a decade in service to children and families in community mental health settings in and around Los Angeles. She is the Founder of Kaftan Collective, an organization grounded in the practice of embodiment as a pathway to individual and communal healing for Black, Indigenous and POC individuals, families, and communities. With a passion for supporting children ages birth to five and their families, Carly has dedicated much of her career to promoting trauma-informed, reflective, and culturally attuned clinical care. She excels in a variety of clinical practice specialties, including Child Parent Psychotherapy, Reflective Parenting and Somatic Abolitionism —an emergent, embodied approach to anti-racism and culture building. Through her clinical and consultative work with individuals and organizations, Carly champions equity, representation, and social justice for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color within mental health systems. She offers individual and group therapy services for BIPOC mothers and caregivers, as well as equity-centered Reflective Consultation for early childhood providers and Birth-to-Five multidisciplinary teams. Through these efforts, Carly aims to promote, create, and protect healing spaces for historically marginalized individuals. Additionally, within her Reflective Consultation practice, she fosters professional growth and staff wellness, supporting the formation of culturally attuned teams prepared to serve the community effectively. Born and raised in Hyde Park, Los Angeles, Carly is committed to decolonizing mental health, particularly in South Los Angeles, where resources for holistic, culturally appropriate mental health treatment are limited. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Pitzer College and holds a Master's in Social Welfare from UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs. Carly is professionally endorsed as an Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist and a Reflective Practice Facilitator II with the California Center for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health at WestEd Center for Prevention and Early Intervention. Outside of her professional life, Carly connects with nature as a resource and enjoys hiking and beach days with her family. Her two children, ages 9 and 10, inspire her to slow down and connect with the present moment. Carly takes pleasure in the small joys of life, such as watching hummingbirds in her backyard, sharing good belly laughs with her husband, and taking naps.

Dr. Kimberly Gordon-Achebe is a double board-certified child, adolescent, and community psychiatrist and nationally recognized advocate for health equity and social justice. She serves as Medical Director of iMIND Behavioral Health, Mobile Response and Stabilization Services, and is CEO & Founder of BHETC, LLC (Bringing Health Equity Training & Consulting to Communities of Color). A Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and recipient of the Jeanne Spurlock, M.D. Minority Fellowship Achievement Award, Dr. Gordon-Achebe co-chairs the National Council for Mental Wellbeing's Child Committee and serves on the Board of the American Association for Community Psychiatry. Her peer-reviewed publications on discrimination's impact on health disparities continue to shape national discourse on mental health equity for children and families.

LaTysa Flowers-Jackson is a transformational leader and Organizational Development & Strategic Systems Consultant with 15+ years of experience strengthening early childhood, family-serving, and complex public systems. She specializes in culturally responsive practice, trauma-informed leadership, Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs), HOPE Framework implementation, and equitable family-centered service delivery. Her expertise spans nonprofit leadership, systems-change strategy, workforce development, and community bridging. Known for her ability to unify cross-sector partners, LaTysa drives organizational culture shifts that advance equity, belonging, and accessible, high-quality supports for children and families. She currently serves as the Association Director of Community Bridging and Engagement at the YMCA of San Diego County, where she leads strategic efforts to create environments where children and families feel seen, safe, and supported. She launched the Y-Sister Circle—an initiative inspired by her participation in Sisters Mentally Mobilized, a training and advocacy program of the California Black Women’s Health Project (CBWHP), where she also serves on the Advisory Council addressing the social determinants of health impacting women, families, and communities. LaTysa is also the Family Support Discipline Director for the California Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (CA-LEND) program, funded by the Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB) in partnership with Children's Hospital Los Angeles. In this role, she supports interdisciplinary training focused on equitable, accessible, family-centered practice—ensuring that family voice, cultural relevance, and shared decision-making remain central to early childhood and maternal health systems. As the founder of Parents Empowerment Services, LaTysa provides advocacy, coaching, and educational consultation to families navigating special education and developmental concerns. She is a Positive Discipline Educator and a nationally recognized H.O.P.E. (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) Champion and Advanced Trainer, helping organizations expand access to Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) that buffer the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including those rooted in historical, intergenerational, or community trauma. LaTysa’s leadership is grounded in the belief that every child is born brilliant—and that brilliance thrives when caregivers, educators, and systems work in partnership to create environments of safety, belonging, and possibility. Her collective impact spans early childhood programs, community-based organizations, hospitals, behavioral health teams, school districts, and family-serving agencies—aligning them around culturally responsive service delivery, trauma-informed practice, and continuous quality improvement. At the heart of her work is a simple truth: when families are supported, communities transform; and when we nurture the positive experiences of early childhood, brilliance becomes visible.

Dr Felisha Burleson specializes in healing, trauma and resilience. Using her education in sociology and background in social services, she offers personal and professional development services. Through the patchwork society, she partners with existing organizations and agencies to provide staff professional development opportunities, including workshops, training, and conferences. She also provides family development (parent education) and personal development (individual life skills) services for program participants enrolled in services at partnering organizations.

Otto Lana, a college student and self-advocate who champions the right to communicate. He has presented at a multitude of conferences across the nation and served as a Department of Rehabilitation Youth Leadership Delegate in 2021. He shared his voice with policymakers in the Disability Rights California, Build Back Better Summit For Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in 2021. He has joined the Self Advocate Speakers Bureau at Disability Voices United, a non profit advocating for the rights of those with speech related disabilities, which led to an invitation to Sacramento to lobby for increased funding for communication access and support in the Governor’s Office and the Offices of the Department of Developmental Services. He is serving a three year term as a member of the Office of Administrative Hearings Advisory Committee for the Department of Developmental Services. He is a Youth Advisory Board Member for the Center for Applied Science and Technology for Universal Design Learning, focusing on projects for inclusivity and accessibility in any learning environment. He is a Youth Ambassador for the California State Team partnering with Disability Rights California, U C Davis Mind Institute, and Disability Voices United for the national organization, Center for Youth Voice and Youth Choice, a resource center for youth with disabilities providing information on alternatives to conservatorship. He spoke on a panel discussion with Disability Rights California and UC Davis Mind Institute for the Family Voices of California Webinar for Supported Decision Making, California Law AB 1663 in September. He has just added CalABLE Youth Ambassador to his list as well. He has been a guest speaker in college classrooms (San Francisco State University, Cal State San Marcos, San Diego State University, UCLA) for graduate students and virtual classrooms for professionals and educators explaining access and support to a robust system of communication is vital to a successful existence, with an emphasis on Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC). He presented at the U C Davis MIND Summer Institute 2022 on Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. In 2021 he had the honor of presenting at the Summer Leadership Institute with the OG of Disability Rights, Judy Heumann and equally famous Elijah Armstrong.The topic was inclusive environments for all students. Inclusion is more than a table in the back of the general education classroom. Special education students are students first and foremost and must be integrated and included in the community of learners in a school setting. Separate and segregated is not equal. This year he was a keynote speaker with his best friends, Bella Santoyo and William Del Rosario also known as the MOD Squad, at the El Dorado Charter SELPA, TACA, CAMA, Cal TASH, and Summer Leadership Institute. They partnered with Diana Pastora Carson’s Go Beyond Awareness Campaign and spoke at Corky McMillin Elementary School. They were also featured on Doug Blecher’s podcast, Autism Stories in April for Autism Acceptance Month. The MOD Squad has formed an LLC and has a website www.modsquad4access.com They are taking their advocacy seriously. You can see their latest activities on Instagram @modsquad4access. They presented at the Do Good Business Conference in October at the Prospector Theater in Connecticut. The conference highlighted disabled owned businesses and sought to inform employers at large on how to build a more inclusive and accessible workplace. 80% of Americans with disabilities are unemployed. Thinking about universal design in the workplace and in general taps into a huge underserved and underestimated population. They are a resource that has discretionary funds and lots of talent. Creating accessible spaces is doing good business. The MOD Squad is more than just friends, they are an enterprise, a force for change. Vice-Chair Terra Lawson-Remer surprised Otto with a proclamation from the San Diego Board of Supervisors that April 12, 2023 would be Otto Lana Day for his advocacy and volunteerism. He provided a keynote speech at the Inclusion Connection Conference in Waterloo, Iowa in June with Tracy Thresher from Wretches and Jabbers fame. In September, he presented a keynote address at the CAPTAIN Conference at Point Loma Nazarene University. During the pandemic he co-created a book club for Autism Tree with his friend Danielle Levy. It was included in the 2021 Global Neuroscience Conference and has been more than 150,000 views of the online recording so far! The book club continues to grow and now is a who’s who attending the little virtual corner of the world. Anthony Doerr, yes the Pulitzer Prize winner, dropped by to join in on the pithy discussions. Janelle Brown and Angie Kim are the latest award winning novelists joining in on the fun. He served as a beta reader for Angie Kim’s newest work, Happiness Falls, and consulted on her character Eugene, a multi-modality communicator. He has also received some accolades from big names in the disabled community. He is a recipient of the inaugural Heumann-Armstrong Award for Excellence and overcoming ableism in education (yes, that is right…Judy Freaking Heumann) and the Harry Servidio Memorial Leadership Award for his work with the Department of Rehabilitation. He is learning new skills for content creation for social media networks and youth outreach with his internship at Kindred Communication. When he’s not busy with his internship, honors courses, and public speaking he runs a successful e-commerce website www.ottosmottos.com with his unique brand of wit and positive energy, selling waterproof letterboards he designed for his active lifestyle and apparel sporting the motto “Everyone Belongs Here”. Nothing is more important than the sharing feeling of belonging. And everyone loves merch with a meaning and a message. He does this all using text to talk software. Otto has autism and apraxia. These diagnoses describe him but do not define him. He is on a mission to change the descriptor non-verbal and non-speaking to multi-modality communicator. The “non” words are not only derogatory and harmful, they are simply incorrect. Proceeds from his website fund non-profit organizations that support the right to communication for individuals with speech related disabilities and provide letterboards to people who cannot afford them. His work involves changing the depictions of disabled individuals in the media. One of Otto’s Mottos is “Be the type of change you wish to see in others.” He collaborated with Hollywood’s best to change this image of disabled people on your screens. He wants leading roles for the neurodiverse community, not victims of bullies or caricatures of disheveled nerds. Check it out www.hollywoodonthespectrum.com or @bethdubberphotography on Instagram. Check out Otto’s Instagram too @otto_types for all the latest breaking news on OttoNation News Network (ONN), it’s always ONN. His latest collaboration is with Elaine Hall and The Miracle Project. Let My Typin' Let You See -- A TMP Original Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyG_WqC_eRA If a picture paints a thousand words, then a video slays infinite myths. Music is the ultimate medium for connection. Check out their music video on YouTube. You will be amazed. He and his friends in the Express Yourself Troupe write lyrics, create costumes and sets, produce and direct the music videos. Every video has a social justice vibe with a message of presuming competence and the importance of access and support to communication. He invited Elaine Hall, creator of The Miracle Project to join last year’s Neuroscience Conference and debut their music video. He continues to work alongside Elaine and presented with her at the Autism World Summit in September. Oh that’s right, one more thing, he is an award winning poet. The KidsWrite! San Diego poetry contest is sponsored by the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild and he has won four years in a row. In fact, they now have a perpetual award for young poets, known as the Otto Lana Award. If you write movies you can win an Oscar, if you write plays you can win a Tony, and if you write poetry in San Diego, you can win an Otto! https://sandiegowritersfestival.com/kidswrite/

Dr. Eva Marie Shivers, J.D., Ph.D., is the founding executive director of Indigo Cultural Center, an 18-year-old national non-profit organization specializing in research, workforce development and community healing. Indigo Cultural Center is currently a leader in the fields of infant of early childhood development/education/mental health – bringing Healing Justice to life with fellow travelers and disrupters. Dr. Shivers grew up in the 70’s in Tempe, Arizona (unceded lands of Hohokam and Tohono O’odham) and identifies as an African American, able-bodied, neurodivergent, cis-gendered woman. She is a nationally recognized researcher and evaluator working at the crossroads of Infant Mental Health and Early Care and Education. Dr. Shivers also identifies as a leader and a healer in the social justice movement within IECMH. Her professional work facilitating healing sessions related to liberation and social justice is closely aligned with her spiritual life and deeply held convictions about humanity. She is the mother of a beautiful African American, 14-year-old boy who is on the autism spectrum. Eva is a dancer and a yoga practitioner – and practices embodied healing for herself and with others. What brings her joy? Roller skating, singing musical theater songs while cooking, and role-playing Star Wars and MCU with her son!

My family immigrated from Jalisco, Mexico. I was born in the South Bay, in California, AKA Tongva Land. My medicine is Bridging the gap between Western Mental Health and Indigenous ways of healing, in order to guide BIPOC find their inner strength, by connecting to their roots, to release what no longer serves them, and move from a place of uncertainty to self-empowerment. Because Healing is to be tapped into and released in order to be free. I’m proud of being a first generation, Xicana, with a Master’s Degree Because my parents worked HARD to get me to where I am today, and this is for them and for the next 7 generations. I am proud of being a Mom of three sensitive, energetic & playful semillas. I am proud of being a business owner/entrepreneur and making my own $. And I am proud of my poetry because writing helps me heal. I began my Spiritual Journey 20 years ago, through Danza Mexica and attending Indigenous Ceremonies, and this was when I began to feel WHOLE. To re-connect to my roots and indigenous ancestors has taught me so much about who I was, who I was becoming, and who I am today. I began feeling balanced and am now wanting to return the wisdom and knowledge that has been passed down to us by our ancestors. I also have a Master's Degree in Social Work, and have 13 years of experience working in the mental health field. And this is where both my Spiritual Journey and my Therapist journey have come together to bEarth Mariposa Ancestral Practices.

Dr. Lynette Lively Cookson (she/they) is Clinical Psychologist in San Diego who champions infant and early childhood mental health through treatment interventions, community collaboration, and provider training and supervision. Dr. LC earned their PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University in San Diego in 2022, and recently became a licensed Clinical Psychologist in fall of 2024. They completed their Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2016. They work part-time as lecturer and clinical supervisor for San Diego State University’s Department of Child and Family Development, Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling Master’s Program. Dr. LC provides reflective supervision and CPP for young children and families at the SDSU-affiliated clinic, Healthy Early Years Clinic, while additionally working in private practice supporting military families, blended and resource families, and other diverse populations. Dr. LC's intersectional identities that inform their professional work include their heritage as First Generation Filipino-American and Black-American Descendant of African Slaves sold into the areas of Mississippi and Louisiana, military child and spouse, gender-queer person, and first generation college graduate.

Nikkia Young, PhD (she/ her) is an educator, consultant and licensed psychologist who brings embodied playfulness, a grounded sense of purpose, and fierce grace to her work. Currently, Nikkia both supports service-mission organizations with high charge, high conflict, and high stakes challenges, and serves as the Director of Counseling at The Bay School in San Francisco. She completed her International Development Studies BA at UC Berkeley, her PhD at the California School of Professional Psychology, and pre/postdoc at UCSF’s Infant-Parent Program. Nikkia’s early career experiences as a gymnastics & martial arts instructor—turned preschool & Kindergarten—taught her to improvise and listen; move and play; and, keep her heart open during conflict. Her work integrates science, play, storytelling, and original lo-fi illustrations to address the heart, soul, and science of the shift toward healing justice—honoring its weight and complexity without weighing us down.

Tricia Hersey has over 25 years of experience as a multidisciplinary artist, writer, theologian and community organizer. Tricia is the founder of The Nap Ministry, the originator of the ‘rest as resistance’ and ‘rest as reparations’ frameworks, and creates sacred spaces where the liberatory power of rest can take hold in collaboration with communities all over the world. Trica’s work is seeded within the soils of Black radical thought, somatics, womanism, and liberation theology, and is a guide for how to collectively unravel ourselves from the wreckage of capitalism and white supremacy. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto, The Nap Ministry’s Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture, and We Will Rest!: The Art of Escape. You can learn more about her work at triciahersey.com

Chris Isaac is a Program Specialist and oversees and early intervention program at the Chula Vista Elementary School District. Chris also currently provides clinical supervision to LPCC Practicum Students and associates at the Healthy Early Years Clinic at San Diego State University. In addition to this role at SDSU, he is a part-time lecturer in the Child and Family Development Department and teaches a class on Trauma Therapy and Crisis Intervention from a multi-cultural lens. Prior to this, Chris has worked for several programs in a variety of capacities supporting families with children from 0-5. Chris holds his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and specializes in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. In his free time, Chris enjoys traveling the world and has traveled to over 25 countries across five continents. He enjoys spending time in the water, especially when it involves surfing, kayaking or fishing. He is also an avid hiker and has spent time on many of the trails throughout San Diego County. One of Chris’ favorite family traditions is traveling to Florida to see his mom, sister and nieces and nephews, as well as hosting get-togethers and cooking for his friends and family.

Patricia Hernandez, LCSW (She, her, ella) I am a licensed clinical social worker and facilitator. I have 9 years of experience working with our community in a variety of settings supporting local community members with mental health services, resources, education, and empowerment through meaningful and trusted connections. I have been working as a mental health therapist for the last 9 years serving the BIPOC community. For the last 3 years I have been working as a private practice clinician and facilitator for the community. I have been working in my local community for over 14 years in a variety of settings. I hold a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Norma Harris is a Somatic Therapy Practitioner specializing in trauma-informed practices using the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping and Eye Movement Desensitization (EMDR). She serves as the Sawubona Healing Circles co-chair for the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi). As an Executive Coach with David Couper Consulting, focused on helping women refine and develop leadership skills to successfully handle the complexities and challenges in their careers. With over 40 years of experience in management, education, and community service, Norma brings a unique perspective to her practice. Her extensive background underscores the value of fostering a supportive environment where clients feel safe to question and reassess their ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. This process fosters a profound shift in their perceptions and practices, leading individuals to actively challenge their assumptions and reflect on ways to enhance their personal and professional lives.

Monica Alejandra Noriega, Psy.D., is a chicane clinical psychologist from Central California. Dr. Noriega is a skilled weaver of ancestral and evidence-based practices for assessing and metabolizing complex trauma among pregnant people and children ages 0-5. She believes that the sacred bonds between caregivers, children, and the land are our most powerful tool for disrupting cycles of intergenerational trauma and dismantling systems of oppression. Across her diverse roles, Dra. Noriega aspires to create conditions for deep feeling, healing, and reconnection to occur at the level of the dyad, community, and collective.

Nat Nadha Vikitsreth, LCSW (she/her) is a nationally award-winning pediatric therapist and community organizer who helps parents weave social justice actions into their daily parenting to promote their children’s development for 20 years. Through the Come Back to Care Podcast and her forthcoming book, Raising Change Agents: Practicing Social Justice in Everyday Parenting, Nat translates developmental psychology and social justice theories into actionable invitations for parents to make parenting political in practical ways. Nat also shares her clinical work with mental health and early care and education providers internationally. In her keynote addresses and workshops, Nat supports perinatal-to-five care providers in closing the gap between their social justice intentions and actions. She operationalizes equity, justice, and liberation so that providers can root their services in radical care and address burnout and moral injury. Nat believes that when parents and providers alike heal our inner child and internalized oppression wounds in a community, we put fragmented pieces of ourselves together to show up to both parenting and community organizing with our whole selves. Then, we can dismantle systemic oppression and rebuild a culture that's rooted in liberation for our future generations. Her decolonized pediatric and family mental health approach received a Congressional Commendation read into the Congressional Record by Congresswoman Delia Ramirez. Nat was also featured in Chicago’s WGN9, and was awarded the Zero to Three Award for 2021 Emerging Leadership and the 2024-2026 Zero to Three Fellowship. Her most recent publications include an academic article in the June 2022 Zero to Three Journal and an op-ed piece in Condé Nast’s Them. Nat is a graduate of the Erikson Institute’s Social Work Program. She also holds another master’s degree in Infancy & Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Outside of her clinical and psychoeducation work at Come Back to Care, Nat provides political education and healing support to youth organizers around the stolen land of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations (Chicago). To embody joy in radical art making, Nat has performed and headlined premier burlesque shows across the USA and in New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, and Canada.

Dr. Siemone Smith, LCPC, MFT is a visionary healer, trainer, and scholar with over 15 years of experience in the Infant Mental Health field. Deeply rooted in trauma-informed, culturally responsive care, her work centers on helping families heal through relationship. She began her career serving families in Chicago’s Englewood community, providing Child-Parent Psychotherapy and trauma-focused services to families involved with the child welfare system. Dr. Smith earned her PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy at Adler University, where her research examined the internalization of whiteness among Black mothers and the impact of the “white gaze” on parenting practices. She is a Family Therapist, Adjunct Professor in Erikson Institute’s Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Certificate Program, and serves as a FAN (Facilitating Attuned Interactions) Lead Trainer at Erikson, where she trains and mentors other trainers across disciplines. She is also the founder of Generation Mend, a private practice and framework dedicated to breaking intergenerational cycles and restoring relational health through attunement, equity, and cultural affirmation. Dr. Smith believes healing is not just clinical—it is ancestral, creative, and collective. As she often says, her presence is the intervention.

Nat Nadha Vikitsreth, LCSW (she/her) works as a nationally award-winning decolonized therapist and facilitator, a trans rights activist, and host of the Come Back to Care Podcast. She founded Come Back to Care to help anyone who loves and raises children to heal as they get free.

Rajkumari Neogy is an epigenetic coach and executive consultant focused on the intersection of neurobiology, culture and empathy in today’s business world. Possessing a rare blend of scientific prowess and emotion, Neogy believes that passionate self-reflection coupled with dedicated curiosity define true leadership. Specializing in the technology sector, Neogy has worked with high-powered, worldwide organizations for more than two decades, training leaders at Google, Facebook, Adobe, Indeed, Slack, Salesforce and numerous others. She holds a master’s degree in Transformative Leadership Development from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is the author of “The WIT Factor: Shifting the Workplace Paradigm by Becoming Your Optimal Self.” Neogy is based in San Francisco.