Microdose of Wellness: Boost & Balance - Building a Better Immune System

As winter settles in and stressors rise, it’s easy to feel depleted. ❄️ This session is about remembering that immune health is less about “boosting” and more about balance, rest, and sustainable care. Together with Lindsey and Lena, we’ll uncover how small daily practices nurture immunity as the foundation for resilience—for ourselves and for our communities. 🌿

Together we will:

• Understand the immune system as a foundation of personal and collective resilience
• Explore how stress, burnout, nutrition, rest, and systemic factors strengthen or weaken immune function
• Leave with practical, low-cost tools—like movement, boundary-setting, and mindful nourishment—that support everyday immune health

Meet Your Facilitators:

Salina Mae Espinosa-Setchko (she/her/hers)

What would happen if you mixed a fairy, cowgirl, and warrior princess – you’d get Salina Mae, of course! Salina Mae is a passionate and creative healer who advocates for the equity and wellness of all. She is gifted in building creative, inspired, and socially woke trainings and curricula that lead to action in the areas of mindfulness, social justice, and systems change. Salina Mae, a former educator and current Mindfulness coach, creates beauty and ceremony in all things, and will have you feeling like you just left a wellness retreat at the end of any meeting or learning opportunity she facilitates. Salina Mae is a loud and proud queer, Chicana woman and is our resident “Rich Auntie” who always makes sure we play and rest, just as hard as we work.

Lindsey Fuller (she/her/sis)

A paradigm shifting leader and Restorative Practitioner, Lindsey is the embodiment of Angela Davis’ statement, “we must always attempt to lift as we climb.” Leading through genuine relationships and humor, Lindsey has an unmatched ability to see others’ innate gifts and reflect them back in ways that make room for each Teaching Well staff member and client to show up as their most favorite selves in service to their students, communities, and loved ones. A former teacher, school administrator, and district leader, she is highly skilled in navigating complex systems, with an eye towards strategic change management and communication cascades. Lindsey believes that in order to reach collective liberation, we must find ways to sustain adults in our schools to ensure trauma-sensitive continuity of care.

Lena Anthony Lindsey Fuller (she/her/sis)

Lena is a dedicated educational leader who possesses a calm and patient demeanor that allows for a compassionate approach when engaging with others. As an empathetic listener, she strives to nurture the mind, body and soul of those she works with to empower them in recognizing and leveraging their gifts to thrive in order to meet their professional and personal aspirations. Lena has passionately served in school communities for over 20 years as a teacher, instructional coach, administrator, and director of a teacher residency program. Throughout her journey, Lena has been driven to create inclusive and supportive environments that fosters the transformative power in education. She holds tight to the belief of the African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child” and that village must embody positive health and wellness to thrive.