empowering students worldwide with social emotional tools

Tara is a longtime public and private school educator who teaches and leads through an approach that combines both intuition and researched best practices. Mrs. Thomas currently presents workshops in literacy instruction through Momentum in Teaching, a professional development company she co-founded in 2010.

Kristin has spent her career establishing herself as a best-in-class within the entertainment industry. Kristin has been instrumental in launching some of the most notables brands in show business: Survivor, Apprentice, Biggest Loser, Jimmy Kimmel Live as she’s helped cast, produce, celebrity book for over 30+ popular shows. Kristin launched the Entertainment Relations division for WWE and retains a SVP position.

Morgan began exploring careers in education when she realized the lack of passion in our future workforce and fell in love with the idea of preparing our children with social emotional skills. Morgan has trained and led international Heroes Journey workshops with  teachers in Malaysia and Thailand.  She continues to operate as the backbone to the international activities and expansion of the curriculum.

Charley received his Masters of Clinical Psychology from Antioch University and is a California Licensed Family Therapist (LMFT). Charley teaches mindfulness to both adults and children in group settings such as schools, corporate workplaces, and medical treatment facilities. Charley has received extensive training in mindfulness practice and its application in psychotherapy.

Eric’s career spans over 20 years in media production. His sense of “what’s next” has won him advertising campaigns with global brands such as Lexus, Corona, Nike and Red Bull, NBA and NFL, and networks such as ESPN, TLC, Disney and Hallmark. During his tenure, Eric has created a collective network of media professionals who create original, socially conscious content, which elevates brands and cultivates good humans worldwide.

Alison is an Australian physiotherapist. She worked for many years developing novel education curriculums for patients suffering with chronic pain conditions. Alison is a curriculum advisor for Heroes Journey

Ali Marshall is an educator, innovator, and life-long learner who is excited to be working with Heroes Journey. Since graduating from Ohio University in 2020 with a single subject language arts education credential, Ali has been teaching in the Los Angeles area for the past three years. Ali believes in a holistic teaching approach and prides herself on teaching students how to make connections to real world concepts within literature and their own lives. In joining the Heroes Journey team, Ali is looking forward to sharing with other teachers the power of this curriculum and its benefit to students’ learning

With a strong background in both creative production and business, Kate is an NYU Tisch School of the Arts graduate with a minor in the Business of Entertainment, blending artistic vision with business acumen. She has worked with top-tier production companies, overseeing social media, editing, and content development. Currently, Kate works at a leading production company where she manages content creation and execution. She is passionate about leveraging her expertise to support educational initiatives, including contributing to a transformative curriculum.

With more than 10+ years of experience, Megan’s career has led her to work across some of the largest entertainment and sporting worlds including: ESPN, NBA, NFL, WWE, NBC, and many other shows and events. She’s worked hand-in-hand producing content with high profile athletes, musicians, celebrities, and brands. Megan is a “Jill of all Trades” and brings her expansive skillset and knowledge to Heroes Journey as one of our Brand Marketing and Social Media Managers.

Caycee Allen, M.Ed. was raised in a small bayou town sixty miles south of New Orleans by educators. As long as she can remember she knew her purpose was to connect, educate and serve others. As an Elementary Education teacher, she returned to college to get her Masters of Education in Counseling. She was trained at the University of New Orleans with a certification in Play Therapy. Caycee has spent many years dedicated to serving our youth and in 2018 began a new venture of connecting, serving and educating corporate business leaders on leadership, personal development and execution. In 2025, Caycee started in professional learning and coaching for early intervention educators. Caycee intends to continue a life long adventure of living out her purpose by connecting and helping as many beings as possible. She looks forward to connecting with you on this journey.

Karis Hansen is in 8th grade at St. Mark. She has run through the Heroes Journey curriculum two times and has given various notes, exercises and videos to the curriculum since 2nd grade. Her two HJ talks were about Overcoming Shyness and Taking Care of the Homeless. Karis launched the heroes challenge in 2019 challenging teachers to challenge their students to do good deeds.

Murphey is a proud member of the HJ team. He has been involved with his own talks in elementary school and now in middle school. He was inspired by hearing from his classmates things he would of never known. He has written talks to inspire about the inequality in sports in the US. watching the best athletes he played with not be able to continue for lack of funds for club fees.

Eva is senior in Highschool and has been involved in Heroes Journey since 2020 advising on relevant content and current events pertaining to the curriculum and social media, she has found inspiration