Lea Lester

Lea (pronounced lee) is a licensed therapist, Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, Ph.D. student, and entrepreneur.  She primarily works with young adults; helping them prioritize self love, self care, and self acceptance.

As a former public school educator, she became passionate about helping young adults navigate the increasing pressures and pain of coming of age in today’s society.

Her therapeutic interests include childhood, intergenerational, and collective trauma, somatic awareness, and grief and loss.

A self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist, her work places heavy emphasis on compassion, courage, and connection.

Lea also hosts creative therapeutic workshops, titled FEEL, with the aim of creating accessible and safe spaces for collective healing.

Lea resides in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with her husband and children where she’s always up for spicy food and enjoys a good beat drop.

Resilience Advisor

Peter Bokor

Peter Bokor was trained as a biologist and more recently obtained an LMSW in Social Work and has worked with dually diagnosed homeless people in Manhattan.  As a trustee for over twenty years with the Morton and Jane Blaustein Foundation, he has supported non-profits in the areas of health, education and immigrant rights and has in the past year begun to develop a new program devoted to climate change and environmental justice.  He is a board member of Peer Health Exchange, an organization whose mission is to bring a health curriculum to inner city public schools.  This year he joined the Global Philanthropy Circle affiliated with the Synergos Group and the Global Engagement Lab, a part of  the EDGE’s (Engaged Donors for Global Equity) Just Transition Collaborative. Peter is an ardent supporter of Our Climate.  He lives in Manhattan with his wife Jeannie Blaustein.  They have two daughters currently in college.  When not playing with his dogs he likes to sculpt in stone.

Resilience Advisor

Joel Nigg

Joel Nigg, Ph.D., is a clinical research psychologist at Oregon Health & Science University. He conducts research on child neurodevelopmental, behavioral, and mental disorders. He has a long standing interest in the linkage between health of the environment and children’s health, and is active on the boards of several non-profit groups working on issues of public concern, particularly climate change. 

Resilience Advisor

Sharai Bradshaw

Sharai Bradshaw, MA, LMFT, RYT-200, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Washington, D.C. In addition to therapy, she currently provides safe & therapeutic spaces for organizations to comfortably express discomfort while she facilitates support. She wholeheartedly enjoys being an agent of change by providing coping skills which lead to individual and collective growth. Certified in Mindfulness & Child-Parent Psychotherapy, she has worked with individuals for over 15 years creating and coordinating programs focused on coping skills, trauma, and wellness.

Resilience Advisor

Nicole Mare

Nicole Mare studied Social Work at the Florida International University (FIU) and received her Bachelor’s of Science in Social Work (BSSW) and Master’s of Science in Social Work (MSSW). She is now studying to become a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW). During her internship and after graduating, Nicole has provided therapeutic services to marginalized communities. She is currently providing therapeutic services to adolescents, ages 10-18, who experience severe episodes of depression and eating disorders and works part-time with FIU as a research assistant for the SWAY project. As a research assistant for SWAY, she interviews teens about their sexual health and collects data to develop updated and inclusive sexual health measures for health professionals. Her work as a social worker has been fulfilling in many ways, but what has inspired her the most is how resilient humans are, especially when given the right tools to better ourselves, our relationships with others, and our communities.

Resilience Advisor

Tracy Sidesinger

 Tracy Sidesinger, PsyD is a psychoanalytic psychologist, currently practicing virtually from Brooklyn and upstate New York. Her writing and practice focus on gender and sexuality, maternal mental health and the lineage of the feminine, climate anxiety, spirituality, the arts, and equity in access to mental health care. Her writing can be found in Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Journal of Mother Studies, Public Seminar, and Routledge. She is currently working on a collection of essays bridging psychoanalytic insight, interviews, and memoir to bear on the topic of feminine knowing.

Resilience Advisor

Melissa Boo

Melissa is an environmental educator with over a decade of experience in sustainability, ranging from nonprofit farming to renewable energy startups. Her work focuses on teaching environmentalism in an empowering way by keeping climate conversations place-based, solution-oriented, and community-centered. She teaches undergraduate environmental courses at the School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute, and holds a MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University.