Faculty
Meet advaya’s teachers

Advaya’s global faculty blends science, practice, and story bringing localised, multidimensional wisdom to a shared learning space.

Bayo Akomolafe picture

Bayo Akomolafe

5 courses
Sophie Strand picture

Sophie Strand

3 courses
Satish Kumar picture

Satish Kumar

1 courses
Vandana Shiva picture

Vandana Shiva

6 courses
Veronica Strang picture

Veronica Strang

1 courses
Manda Scott picture

Manda Scott

2 courses
Beloved Sara Zaltash picture

Beloved Sara Zaltash

1 courses
David Abram picture

David Abram

2 courses
Dr Andreas Weber picture

Dr Andreas Weber

5 courses
David Whyte picture

David Whyte

1 courses
Helena Norberg-Hodge picture

Helena Norberg-Hodge

2 courses
Dr. Predrag Slijepcevic picture

Dr. Predrag Slijepcevic

1 courses
Charles Eisenstein picture

Charles Eisenstein

3 courses
Aisha Paris Smith picture

Aisha Paris Smith

2 courses
Brontë Velez picture

Brontë Velez

3 courses

Gisel Armanado

Head of Tech @ Advaya

Gisel has an eclectic background – from film production to engineering where she has grown as a Software Engineer, Creative Technologist, Technical Product Owner, CTO and startup founder across different types of companies and tech stacks. She gets a feeling of purpose by using her time to solve problems that matter. At Advaya she is putting her technical expertise towards building products and solutions that enable and incentivise people to live in harmony with their ecosystems, communities and integrate ancestral wisdom to their lives.