Tina Raspanti drives from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia each month to attend the CAPP program; that’s 6 hours each way. She comes in on Friday evening after teaching a full week at Mt Lebanon school district and then drives home late Sunday evenings when class is over — giving her just a short time to digest, unwind, rest […]
Student Spotlight
Student Spotlight: David Shen
“Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow.” These are the enthusiastic words of David Shen as he learns positive psychology in our current CAPP Philadelphia cohort. One of his clasmates, Judy VanBuren says, “These ‘wows’ sum up David as a social emotional leader in our class. He uses his ‘wows’ as a personal response to some clarity or […]
Student Spotlight: Caitlin Rybicki
Caitlin Rybicki is an awesome human being. While she may exude a quiet presence, don’t be fooled! This woman is a powerful force in the world and in many ways – business, creativity, energy, love. She has it all. Within the past year, Caitlin was looking for learning what would enhance her spiritual and creative […]
Student Spotlight: David Cycon
Reminiscing about our CAPP experience while digging into “Bazooka” Limon Guacamole at El Vez, David exclaimed, “CAPP exceeded 100% of my expectations!” Maybe it was the margarita talking, but with every sip and dip of a chip, his enthusiasm grew! He had no idea how transformative the six months would be when he got started […]
Student Spotlight: Karla Chin
Positive psychology has been on the radar for Karla Chin ever since she first learned about the MAPP program at Penn a number of years ago. But it wasn’t until she serendipitously opened an email from Carin Rockind, that CAPP found Karla. In her words: “I went straight to the bottom of the email and […]
Student Spotlight: David Frenkel
David Frenkel reads a lot. He estimates that he reads 2 books per month and then listens to another 4 or 5 audiobooks (he humbly asks “if those count?”). As he is reading he looks for clues as to what his next book should be and this process for choosing books has lead him to […]
Student Spotlight: Julie Graham
Julie Graham is a CAPP.3 graduate out of New York City, so full of zest and vitality. She exudes hints of Beyonce and Julie Andrews. Known as “Your Fare Lady,” Julie works on bringing wellness to the world by being wellness in the world. Aside from her Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP), Julie has […]
Student Spotlight: Tracy and Jim McGuire
Jim McGuire arranged for his wealth management firm, Robert W. Baird & Co., to cover the cost of his CAPP experience as a professional development opportunity. After coming across Martin Seligman’s TED talk about a year prior and dabbling in positive psychology reading ever since, he was looking forward to earning his Certificate and sharing […]
Student Spotlight: Kim Quick
Meet Kim Quick who on day one of CAPP class reminded us all, “It’s a fallacy. I’m actually quite slow.” And not slow in a bad or weird way – but slow in a way that is thoughtful, attentive, intentional, and wise. She gives us big-picture perspective, the kind that is justified in science all […]
Student Spotlight: Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Caroline Gordon-Elliott is exactly what CAPP is all about. She’s a screen writer, a mother, a wife and an individual who always strives to better herself through the constant action of self-reflection and altruism. Despite many life challenges, she consistently shows up for her friends, her family and her writing career which influences countless others. […]