Dena Samuels PhD

Dena Samuels, PhD serves as a mindfulness-based leadership development and cultural inclusion catalyst. Author, activist, public speaker, and award-winning educator, she taught for 20 years at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs in the Women’s & Ethnic Studies program while consulting around the U.S. and beyond on building more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations and campuses. She has recently left her tenured position at the university to consult/speak full time. Samuels volunteers as co-facilitator of the monthly Second Tuesday Race Forum of Denver, and also serves as a culturally inclusive, trauma-sensitive yoga and mindfulness instructor. You can reach her at: www.denasamuels.com