Your TFC Team

It takes an amazing team of passionate, dedicated and diligent people to bring the The Flourishing Center’s vision to life.

Get to know our amazing faculty and our behind the scenes “magicians” that make it all possible.


Recovering Chief Everything Officer (CEO) & Founder:

Emiliya Zhivotovskaya MAPP, MCC

Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) Program Faculty:

Amanda Moffa MAPP Anna Irani MAPP Ava Shahi MAPP Greg Evans PhD Hamide Eygoren MAPP Heidi Kaufman MAPP Jessie Spurgeon MAPP Jamie Chung MAPP Katherine Witenoff MAPP Katie Ashburner MAPP Keira Johnson MAPP Natalya Pestalozzi MAPP Natasha Taylor MAPP Solat Zaidi MAPP, MSc Tom Rotelli MAPP Tracy Litchfield MAPP, Ed.D.

Advanced Program Faculty & Facilitators:

Lina Aristizabal, CAPP PEC Facilitator Maria Elshamy, CAPP CPPC Mentor Patricia Omoqui, MBA, CAPP, PCC CPPC & ELCC Facilitator

Dream Team:

Andrea Seydel, CAPP Book Doula Emily Felt, CAPP Research Vault Creator & GTSD Facilitator Shannon Argentina, CAPP Coordinator of Student Support & Finance Tricia Scott, CAPP Office Manager