Nita founded b*free in 2013 to reimagine how we view, value, narrate and embody wellbeing in our lives, work & culture. Her work across sectors as a leader, coach and advisor made stark how the gaps and patterns that challenge us most are rooted in our wellbeing. Mind Body Story, The A.R.T. of Creating Wellbeing brings together insights and tools from over 2 decades of transdisciplinary visioning and creating. She’s been a founder of 3 social innovation organizations in wellbeing, education and renewable energy, a leadership coach and advisor to leaders and teams, healer, facilitator, speaker, mediator, board chair, teacher and professor. Wellbeing practices, playing music, friendship, wise mentors, nature, yoga, movement, studying with indigenous people of the Amazon, her 2 nephews and niece, being a caregiver to her 2 dying parents, living in Japan, being a Native New Yorker & Indian, global travel, learning and adventure have shaped & transformed her. Nita has a BA in PreMedicine & Art History from Columbia University, an MBA from George Washington University, has studied with wisdom teachers and is certified in mediation, nutrition, yoga, restorative justice, & somatic trauma-healing.