Meet Our Team

Joanna Suvarna

Founder, Creative Facilitator, Tutor and Shinrin Yoku/Forest Bathing+ Guide

Joanna has been working in teaching, tutoring and Learning and Development for 20 years. 

She is a qualified Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapies Practitioner, a Certified Meditation Teacher, has a Post-graduate qualification which specialises in teaching adults, a degree in Human Resource Management, a professional qualification in Learning and Development and multiple other certifications.

She has experience of teaching people of all ages and from different parts of the world and has taught through the mediums of music, drama, song, broadcasting and language. 

She also has an Enhanced DBS, First Aid Certificates (for Outdoor, Forestry and Workplaces) and Safeguarding certificates for both adults and children. 

Find out more about Joanna and her 'Why?': Here

Olufunke Koduah

Associate Tutor

Olufunke has been working in teaching and tutoring for around 13 years. 

She is a qualified teaching professional with a degree in English and a post-graduate qualification which specialises in teaching adults. 

She has experience of teaching and supporting a diverse range of students from around the world, helping them to achieve their goals whilst caring for them holistically. 

Eloise Williams

Associate Creative Writer and Facilitator

Eloise is a Multi-Award Winning Children's Author, a qualified Performing Artist and Teacher.

She has an MA in Creative Writing with distinction from Swansea University and was the inaugural Children’s Laureate Wales 2019-2021. 

She also has a teaching qualification which specialises in Acting/Performance Arts, which she studied towards with the Welsh College of Music and Drama, and a post-graduate qualification in Performance, which she studied in Guildford School of Acting.

Guy Manning

Associate ​Artist and Creative Facilitator

Guy is a qualified Artist and Art Teacher.

He has a BA (Hons) Fine Art 1st Class and a PGCE that specialises in teaching Art. Worked with Denis O'Connor, David Nash OBE RA, Philip Sutton RA.

​He worked as an Art Teacher in schools and colleges for 28 years and now has an Art Gallery in Wales where he creates and exhibits his work and runs workshops and classes where he teaches Art to people of all ages.
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