Catharine Hannay is the founder of MindfulTeachers.org, an internationally-respected resource on mindfulness and self-care in education and the helping professions. Catharine taught English as a Foreign Language for two decades, including a dozen years at Georgetown University and eighteen months at Osaka International University in Japan. She has also volunteered as a tutor, interpreter, and consultant at programs for immigrants and refugees in Albany, New York and Washington, DC.