JG Larochette is a passionate education leader who has been pioneering comprehensive mindfulness programming in education for the last 12 years. He has a BS in Psychology from Saint Mary’s College, received his BCLAD Teacher Credential from Cal State East Bay and is a graduate of Leaderspring’s 2 year leadership program. JG is an award winning teacher and in his over two decades in education, JG has championed creating deep belonging and empowerment for youth through holistic and equitable educational experiences. His career started at Playworks in Oakland and Richmond which motivated him to become a teacher. In 2012, after being a teacher at Coronado Elementary School in Richmond, CA, for nearly a decade JG created Mindful Life Project with his 3rd graders, as he saw an opportunity to improve student and teacher mental and emotional well-being simultaneously through the programming being piloted. Since then MLP has become the largest direct service mindfulness organization in the country as they specialize in tier 1 and tier 2 mental and behavioral health programming. MLP currently serves over 40,000 students and educators in over 75 schools across California.