Gust Athanas, MSEd, NCC, NCSC

Gust teaches the Mindfulness for Middle Schoolers class for the UW Health Mindfulness Program. He has completed both the UW Health Mindfulness Program Teacher Training Practicum, and a year long teacher intensive through the Inward Bound Mindful Educator Teacher Training Program. He has learned so much from his students and their families over the past twenty years as a high school counselor. Gust would like to continue to share what he has learned about mindfulness with adolescents from all walks of life. He has a particular interest in the intersections of mindfulness, empowerment, and racial justice.