Kristy Banks, M.A., BCBA, holds a Master of Arts in Elementary Education and Special Education from Columbia University and completed an Applied Behavior Analysis Certificate from the University of Washington. She has over a decade of experience teaching Special Education in grades three to twelve. Kristy started practicing mindfulness in 2014 and due to the impact it had on her life, she brought it into the classroom. She studied Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) in 2018 and realized then her passion to bring compassion to educational communities. She earned her teaching certificate as part of the 2020-2021 teacher cohort through the Compassion Institute and is honored to be a certified teacher of CCT.