In this talk, Roochnik delves into the power of TM and the effect it has on the students she works with at the New Village Girls Academy. For example, fights used to break out on campus everyday. However, since the implementation of TM at the school, fights are scarce. Guerrero punctuates these thoughts with a personal spoken word piece, in which she discusses TM and the human body.
Naomi Roochnik graduated from Barnard College in 2012 with a degree in English. From 2012-2014, she coached students in Transcendental Meditation (TM) at Burton High School in San Francisco, and now works as a TM guide at New Village Girls Academy in Los Angeles. Her other interests include long distance running, singing, and creative writing.
Stephanie Guerrero is currently a student at the New Village Girls Academy in Los Angeles. Her interests include Transcendental Meditation, art, biking, and the outdoors. Her artwork has been featured in public galleries and has even been commissioned and sold. In the past two years, she has interned at Street Poets and Belmont Art Space.
