About Us

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Mastering Wellness Together is an online educational platform. MWT makes less accessible life skills accessible and understandable for all. It promotes inclusion, education, and overall well being. The goal of Mastering Wellness Together is to offer interactive educational resources that can be used to enhance the quality of life of students and communities. 

Awareness of the varying disparities across the United States of America contributed to and fueled the development of Mastering Wellness Together’s copious resources, which are available to members intended to bridge disparity gaps. The resources provided include education in finance, the job acquisition process, the college selection process, business creation and development, as well as education regarding additional momentous events and everyday life experiences not often taught in schools. 

The co-owners’ background in adolescent education and childcare magnified their views of the noticeable academic shortcomings in the United States of America’s education system, particularly, in public schools and underserved school districts. Specific points of concern include a lack of education in critical thinking, guidance in navigating life both during and after high school, and the impact that the lack of education and guidance can have on a person's perception of self.

The co-owners’ love for and desire to help adolescents become all of which they are capable inspired Mastering Wellness Together’s program development. Our desire is to improve a system that is hugely responsible for shaping children into adolescents and instilling values adolescents carry through to adulthood. Adolescent education is the main focus of Mastering Wellness Together, but educating students is not enough. As a company, MWT fervently subscribes to the notion that developing well-rounded adolescents requires a village. We also believe that to best support and assist students, the village must be of one accord. 

In support of the company’s vision and mission, every school membership extends complimentary platform access to students’ parents and guardians and school faculty and staff. By uniting these entities through a single platform, which contains accessible resources that emphasize empowerment and education, we hope to inspire change in all communities and to do so by instilling belief in personal abilities and achievements, thereby allowing MWT members to thrive in their next phase of life.

Our intent is for all schools to have access to the MWT platform, with the expectation that it will assist in the growth and flourishment of mental, physical, and emotional facets throughout diverse communities. The MWT platform offers resources for stress management and controlling negative thoughts and perceptions towards oneself and others. The platform is designed to help increase individual self-esteem, self-worth, and readiness for the world. It is intended to uplift and inspire members to find their true selves and realize their full potential.


At Mastering Wellness Together, we believe all things are possible and we aspire to exemplify the changes we desire to see in the world.

Meet The Owners

The co-owners, Laniesha and Melodie are Northern California natives and former collegiate athletes who met in 2014 during their undergraduate years at Whittier College in Whittier, California. Upon completion of their undergraduate degrees, they furthered their education, obtaining Masters Degrees from California State University, Long Beach, and the University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, respectively. The friends reunited through their interest in yoga, became 200 hour certified yoga instructors via My Vinyasa Practice’s Yoga Alliance approved training courses, and created Mastering Wellness Together. The merging of minds to develop the MWT platform occurred when they realized their visions for the future and expectations for the changes they hope to see in the world were aligned.


Laniesha

Co-Owner | COO


Laniesha, from San Jose, California, is a school counselor for a large school district in the California. As an undergraduate, she was a member of the Whittier College track-and-field team. A scholar-athlete, she graduated from Whittier College with honors, Summa Cum Laude, obtaining her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. She continued her educational journey, completing her graduate work at California State University, Long Beach, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Master’s Degree in Social Work. 


Melodie

Co-Owner | CFO


Melodie, from Pittsburg, California, is a former private child and adolescent care provider with more than ten years of experience in the field. As an undergraduate, she participated in collegiate basketball before transferring to Whittier College. She graduated from Whittier College with her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. Her educational quest led her to Scotland, where she completed her graduate work at the University of Stirling and obtained a Master’s Degree with Merit in Psychology of Sport.