Anna is the Marketing Assistant of The Shine Hope Company. 

With “hope” as one of her top 3 core values from the Strengths Finder, Anna is passionate and committed to the goals of The Shine Hope Company and its programs. 

Her abilities in leadership, event planning, integrated marketing, design, and project management have been actively used to support various organizations and school activities ever since she was a student. She currently gives the same abilities to The Shine Hope Company. 

Anna received a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication with a Major in Advertising. She qualified for the Top 15 Outstanding Paulinian Students of the Philippines and received a gold medal for leadership.

She worked as an Account Executive for 2 years, handling different marketing projects and corporate events for different brands including Lenovo and Carrier. She then transitioned to working in the nonprofit industry. She has been working for Hope for more than 7 years now. 

She was able to support Kathryn Goetzke, the Chief Hope Officer of The Shine Hope Company and the founder of iFred, in various Hope projects. 

Anna works gratefully and joyfully with the team, knowing that what they do positively impacts a lot of people around the world, including herself, her family, and her kids.

Anna’s favorite Stress Skills are affirming beliefs, decluttering, and listening to calming music. The Happiness Habits she enjoys practicing include ensuring she gets quality sleep, experiencing wonder and awe with nature, and practicing gratitude.

User Experience, Harvard Medical School

Shannon Ehmsen is a Graphics Designer / Assistant with the 4D Nucleome Data Coordination and Integration Center and Park Lab’s Clinical Genome Analysis Platform (CGAP). Ehmsen recently graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Studio Art from Northeastern University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in 2019 and started at the Park Lab soon after.

Michael, also known as “Mic”, is the Creative and Production Team Lead at The Shine Hope Company. He played a significant role in creating materials for The Shine Hope Company’s program, Hopeful Minds, Hopeful Mindsets, Hopeful Cities, and editing episodes for The Hope Matrix. 

Mic holds a degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. He is a young professional with more than 5 years of expertise in web and graphic design, social media, email marketing, and general virtual assistance. With his abilities, he was able to manage and lead a lot of corporate projects. 

Mic enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He also loves bowling, whether with family or just by himself. He is also passionate in serving as a servant leader, sharing love and hope for youth and young adults in a catholic charismatic community in the Philippines. 

It is important for Mic to practice stress skills like deep breathing, listening to music, and laughter. He also practices Happiness Habits like gratitude, drawing, dancing, and exercising.

Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate, Georgia Southern University

Veronica O’Brien is a clinical psychology doctoral candidate whose research is focused on mindfulness meditation and substance misuse. In addition, her clinical interests lie in neuropsychological assessment and she plans to pursue advanced training in neuropsychology following graduation. Before pursuing her doctoral degree, Veronica worked as a licensed mental health therapist for children and youth, providing crucial mental health services within an underserved area.

Associate Dean, Student Affairs, University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine

Dr. Bryce received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology, and PhD in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. Prior to joining UT Tyler School of Medicine, she served as faculty member at Arizona State University, where she worked with undergraduate students within the classroom and as the Director of Undergraduate Student Affairs within her department.

She also has extensive experience conducting and publishing research that focuses on individual and contextual factors that influence well-being, hope, and academic outcomes, and advanced statistical approaches to examining salivary biomarkers.

Dr. Bryce is excited to work with and support medical students as they navigate medical school.

Psychologist, Professor, Speaker, Author of NYT Best Seller Learned Hopefulness. Academic Director at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI), Teachers College, Columbia University.

Dr. Tomasulo is the Academic Director and core faculty at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI), Teachers College, Columbia University, and is on the teaching staff at the University of Pennsylvania where he works with Martin Seligman. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology, MFA in writing, and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology special section Positive Psychology, Dr. Tomasulo was also recently honored by Teachers College, Columbia University with their 2021 Teaching Award.

Sharecare honors Dr. Tomasulo as one of the top ten online influencers on the issue of depression. His award-winning memoir, American Snake Pit (2018) tells of the first experimental group home releasing inmates from America’s most notorious asylum, Willowbrook. His book, Learned Hopefulness, The Power of Positivity To Overcome Depression, is hailed as: “…the perfect recipe for fulfillment, joy, peace, and expansion of awareness.” by Deepak Chopra, MD: Author of Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential. Martin Seligman, Ph.D., author of Flourish, adds: “This is the best go-to book on how to use hope to relieve your depression.”

Dr. Tomasulo recently published his new book entitled “The Positivity Effect: Simple CBT Skills to Transform Anxiety and Negativity into Optimism and Hope”. Learn more about the new book here.