Yahkeem Howard

Executive Director

Yahkeem is the Executive Director, Youth Mentor, Veteran Advocate, and Life Coach. He’s also currently serving as a Sergeant in the Connecticut Army National Guard, since 2010. Mindfulness has played huge a role in his life and is why he gravitated towards bringing awareness to mental health. His work is bases around his passion for Human and Personal Development. His mission is to help others improve self-awareness, create an empowering identity, unleash latent potential, enhance one’s quality of life, improve social status, increase earning potential, determine one’s primary life purpose, and facilitate the achievement of personal causes and aspirations that will leave behind a personal legacy.

Vernatha Montoute

Director of School Enrichment

Vernatha Montoute is our Director of School Enrichment. Vern is a Certified Yoga Service Teacher with special training in Trauma-Informed Yoga, Youth Yoga, Early Childhood Yoga, and Chair Yoga. She is also a Sound Bowl Healer, Reiki II Practitioner, and a Mindfulness Coach, working with of all ages and groups to help cultivate peace of mind. Vern is also an Army veteran. Her dream is to provide more holistic health and wellness services to her community and beyond!