The graduates
Certified through Empathy Architects.
Everyone listed here has completed an Empathy Architects certification and holds the credential that goes with it. Level I is the teacher certification, while Level II is the advanced certification that follows it, and a number of people appear on both lists because they carried the work all the way through.
Level I
Teacher certified graduates.
- Addison Berry
- Aileen O’Dowd
- Anairis Bencomo
- Anj Riffel
- Aqila Norris
- Ashley Geyer
- Brendi Turner
- Carrin Cross
- Cassandra Beauvoir
- Charity Helvie
- Christina Trizzino
- Conor Warren Summers
- Dani Abernathy
- Diana Castillo
- DJ Granville
- Elizabeth Kanter
- Erika Kar
- Francois Beaulieu-Lauzon
- Giancarlos Lecca Anorga
- Jayanta Bhowmick
- Jayla Rae Ardelean
- Jennifer Steinback
- Jessica Forehand
- Kara Ellis
- Kelsey Lerman
- Kristin Ingram
- Kristin Messegee
- Loretta Baud
- Louise Manuel-Portillo
- Luke Viloria
- Maeve Stoltz
- Maggie Barrett
- Matthew Tyre
- Monique Lacoste
- Nancy Jaynes
- Rachel Meyer
- Shannon White
- Sophie Cockell
- Zindzi Hanson
- Zoe Curewitz
Level II
Advanced certified graduates.
- Alicia Riedel-Godoy*
- Anairis Bencomo*
- Anonymous
- Carrin Cross
- Erika Kar+
- Heidi Damata*
- Jason Cartwright*
- Jayla Rae Ardelean*
- JLynn Steinback+
- Laura Mohai*
- Loretta Baud*
- Lori Guy*
- Maeve Stoltz+
- Monique Lacoste+
* Completed our in-person certification, Los Angeles, March 2026.
+ Completed both the virtual and the in-person certification.
Join them
The next list is still being written.
The certification runs self-paced, so cohorts finish as people finish rather than on a fixed calendar, and this page is updated as they do.
See the certification