Pieter Oosthuizen is the co-founder of Skymind, a teacher, consultant, and entrepreneur and a long-time student of Tibetan Buddhism. He has been teaching various practices and retreats in Lama Tsultrim’s lineage in the US and abroad since 2006. He is the President of the Board of Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center, and an adjunct faculty in the Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology Program at Naropa University.

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Zach Lavarenne is in his final year of the Sexology program at UQAM, where he’s all about tapping into the creative and transformational potential of education. He’s especially passionate about working with boys and young men—helping them build critical thinking, emotional literacy, and the tools to navigate masculinity in all its complexity (and messiness) with care and authenticity.

In 2021, he threw his hat into the political ring as a Green Party candidate, driven by a deep commitment to social and environmental justice. When he’s not diving into big conversations about gender or systems change, you’ll probably find him writing music. He’s a singer-songwriter and member of the band Novae, where he explores the power of sound, story, and collective expression.

Luis Alejandro Tapia is an Equity Coach + Consultant for the Center for Strategic Solutions. The son of Dominican immigrants, he brings almost two decades of experience in community and youth development. Luis has facilitated unique programs for a range of NYC agencies and is also the founder of BlackBoyRise. His journey from participant to director to consultant aids him in engaging authentically with youth and their communities. He specializes in harnessing the enthusiasm and skills of those he serves, promoting love, power, and connection through experiential team learning and coaching. Luis is committed to transforming leadership and learning into spaces of justice, equity and freedom. He serves as a social impact and equity consultant, a racial and restorative justice coach and trainer, circle keeper, social justice educator, and facilitator at the intersections of spirituality, justice, healing and liberation.

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