Opening Minds and Hearts in the Midwest
Cultivating Cultural and Intellectual Humility Through Contemplative Practices
Angela Caruso-Yahne, BPA, EMT-P, CTSS
Angela is a Training Officer at the Overland Park Kansas Fire Department, an ordained minister, Air Force veteran, and a mindfulness trainer whose interests include wellness and resiliency for people who experience stress and secondary trauma, and spiritual practices for non-religious people. Her background is comprised of service as a paramedic, law enforcement officer, disaster rescue technician, and military flight medic. She is a Certified Trauma Services Specialist through the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists. She frequently presents programs on mindfulness, wellness, and resiliency throughout the Johnson County first responder community and to emergency management volunteers. Email Angela
Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa (KkÄ…:ze) Native Americans who lived along its banks. The name is often said to mean people of the south wind. The Free State is home to almost 3 million people now. Nearly 90% of Kansas’s land is devoted to agriculture producing cattle, sheep, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, cotton, hogs, corn, and salt.
