Educator, author, TedX speaker, and founder of Empowered Educator, a transformational professional development program that focuses on the social/emotional well-being of the adults in schools by leveraging concepts of mindset, emotional intelligence, and cognitive neuroscience. Empowerededucator.com 📧 [email protected] Featured in Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, Medium and VoyageMIA. 📖Author of A Place in the Staff: Finding Your Way as a Music Teacher 🎧Podcast: Take Notes with Jen Rafferty Ithaca College alumna Certified Emotional Intelligence practitioner Pursuing my Doctorate degree in Educational Psychology Mindset Certification