Jelena Popovic

Jelena is a school psychologist by training, a wanderer by choice and peacebuilder by heart. As a mom and Teaching Peace in Schools Leadership Council Lead for The Peace Alliance, Jelena aspires to educate, advocate and mobilize others in co-creating a culture of peace. She finds humility and mindfulness practices to be foundational building blocks in peace co-creation. Her passion is facilitating dialogs that are grounded in mindful awareness and empathy thus she spends most of her time in the circle with educators, parents, and students.

Besides serving on the training team for Mindful Schools, Jelena facilitates virtual cross-cultural exchange dialogs through Soliya, guides Millenium Forum an online well-being circle for educators, is one of the advisors for the Cities4Peace, facilitated retreats for educators, leads international At Home In the World family mindfulness retreats, and is co-founder of Design to Connect LLC, an educational consulting organization, that assists schools in their efforts in skillful, integrated and sustainable whole-school implementation of mindfulness and peace education practices. She believes in the power of storytelling, playfulness and the importance of cultivating compassionate communities. Meet Jelena at her website www.poisedkids.net