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Rising Stars Profiles of Conscious Creatives you may not yet have met ... Janai ‘Grandma Boom’ Mestrovich’s 40 year pioneering advocacy in Self-Help includes creating 3D techniques and innovative holistic education programs to empower children. She produced Award-winning television and educational self-help kids programs, has authored seven books, including The Grandma Boom Chronicles: More Alive at 65! She writes for three publications, speaks, trains and coaches internationally, including the Health Division at the American Embassy, Peru. Honors include Rural spokesperson for the Surgeon General’s Children’s Mental Health Conference, Editorial Board appointee for Rosalynn Carter’s Institute, Miss Hospitality of Kansas, watermelon seed spitting champion, as well as being an outrageous grandmother. Janai was an Instructor at the University of Oregon over two decades. Her website is www.grandmaboom.com Pollyanna Blanco’s soul loves dancing through life. She desires to guide people in discovering how truly multidimensional they are as they pursue their creative journey, courageously embracing the soul’s call to rediscover deep inner truth and joy. An Author, licenced Chakradance FacilitatorTM, Reiki Master, and Divine Connections practitioner she also has been an educator for over 18 years (Hon. BA., B. Ed), and studied ballet, modern, flamenco, and ballroom. In 2013 she was named the North American Imperial Pro-Am Show Dance Champion, representing the Spring Tulip Classic in the 2013 Best of the Best, at the Ohio Star Ball. Her groundbreaking new book is called In Rhythm With Your Soul: Breakthrough the Barriers to Being Creative, Face Your Daimons and Dance! Her website is www.inrhythmwithyoursoul.com/ 66 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW