Founders
Andrew Getz, R.N.: Andrew is the founder of Youth Horizons, which merged with the MBA Project in 2005. Andrew is a child and adolescent psychiatric nurse and long-term practitioner of mindfulness meditation. He is an experienced teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, pioneered by Jon Kabat-Zinn, and has taught MBSR in numerous healthcare and community settings to adults, teens, and healthcare providers. Andrew is also a seasoned health educator, most recently working with HIV positive clients struggling with chemical dependency issues. Andrew brings a depth of understanding from 25 years of intensive mindfulness meditation training to the education process and enjoys blending his experience of traditional and complimentary approaches to medicine into his work with at-risk youth.
Noah Levine M.A.: Noah has been teaching meditation in prisons for 10 years and leads retreats and workshops all over the world. He is the author of, “Dharma Punx”, a spiritual biography chronicling his transformation from Juvenile hall to spiritual activist. Noah has led rights of passage retreats for youth and he has become a leading advocate for incarcerated youth.
Jonathan S. Raymond, JD
Isaiah Seret, MA
Catherine Diamond: Catherine has worked with at-risk youth in creative and therapeutic non-profit organizations, sharing her knowledge and experience as a successful artist and entrepeneur. Her yoga and meditation background comes from training throughout Asia and North America since 1998.
Scott Diamond: Scott has worked in a variety of professional mental health organizations with an emphasis on anger management and stress reduction. He has practiced meditation/yoga for the past ten years and his graduate research focused on their application in the context of western therapeutic models.
