Amy is a powerful communicator of ideas and beliefs that can help us transform ourselves and the culture we live in.She is the author of six books including the IPPY award-winning, Amazon #1 bestseller The Conscious Classroom. Edelstein writes from a depth of experience, including extensive study of world cultures, She has 40-years experience working with mindfulness and other transformational tools and philosophies, and has taught around the world. In 2014, she established Inner Strength, a non-profit organization, which has empowered more than 15,000 Philadelphia high school students with mindfulness and systems thinking. Her innovative mindfulness curriculum for teens received the coveted CASEL-recommended SEL program for its evidence-based positive results. In 2019, Amy was honored with a Philadelphia Social Innovator's Award for Inner Strength’s work in violence reduction. She is a Cornell University College Scholar and