Mar-y-Sol Salinas-McCoy is a certified Master Life Coach and educational leader with over 25 years of experience in the fields of education and personal development. She holds a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Concordia University, Portland, and a Ph.D. in Integral & Transpersonal Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies where her dissertation research is focused on the micro-phenomenological examination of embodied intuition of leaders.
With a passion for equity and social justice, Mar-y-Sol’s professional experience has focused on supporting systemically excluded, underserved, and underrepresented communities in a variety of settings. Her work in higher education has included nonclinical case management, director level positions in academic and career advising, disability support services, conducting workshops and professional development trainings, teaching student development and internship courses, program and curriculum development and assessment, implementing retention strategies and initiatives, process improvement based on data-driven analysis, as well as coaching and mentoring from a whole-person approach. Prior to working with adults, Mar-y-Sol was a Montessori educator (PreK – 6th grade) who guided youth and families in nurturing a love of learning, fostering independence, and looking at the world through a cosmic perspective of interconnectedness.
