Jeff Tollefson has over 25 years of international experience in education, spanning public and private institutions across North and South America. He has served as a K-12 teacher, Fine Arts Director, university professor, and educational consultant. His award-winning work includes innovative curriculum and building design, professional development and teacher training, as well as leading and participating in educational collaborations with The Juilliard School and the Berklee Global Network.

Jeff holds a Bachelor's of Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado, a Master of Arts from Sam Houston State University, and educational leadership coursework from the University of Arizona. In 2023, he joined Cognia as a school accreditation team member and currently serves as the founder and CEO of Creative Arts and Innovation, LLC, where he continues to drive educational innovation across diverse demographics.

Chris Dreyer studied music performance, sound design, and music production at Berklee College of Music in Boston. As an instrumentalist, he has had a 26-year career and has recorded, toured, and performed with numerous local and international artists. He lived abroad for nine years, making music in Boston, Montreal, Barcelona, Mexico City, and Guadalajara. Chris was an associate professor at UDLA and Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito, where he taught composition, harmony, ensembles, bass, guitar, voice, and technology for seven years. This opportunity opened up a new perspective on the importance of education and quickly became passionate about the world of teaching, sharing knowledge and learning from others. One of the most influential aspects of education was the opportunity to connect with the human aspect of working with kids and teachers and how important it is to understand the inner world of each individual in order to help their personal development and growth.

In 2005, Chris discovered an interest and passion for sound and vibration. Over the next 15 years, he studied with artists such as David Hykes and Baird Hersey, with whom he studied overtone singing. These experiences sparked a deep interest in the healing aspects of sound and a profound process of self-exploration that led Chris to give talks on cymatics and the healing properties of sound to the scientific community at Universidad San Francisco de Quito.

He has studied yoga, meditation, Reiki, and sound healing, and he is now a full-time sound healer and teaches self-discovery and self-transformation tools for personal development.