Mandy Kuykendall is a recently retired educator, serving 33 years as a special education teacher and behavior analyst. She has participated in mindfulness workshops and conferences since 2000, including the Mindfulness in Education Network and the Mindfulness Practice Center of Fairfax, and Jon Kabat-Zinn. She is grateful for her many teachers, especially Anh-Huong and Thu Nguyen. She is passionate about continually cultivating her own practice, and sharing the practice with others so that they can benefit from the peace of the present moment.