Amy Burke

Teacher Trainer in Valencia

  • Born in Ottawa, Canada;
  • Bachelor of Arts Cultural Studies, McGill University – Montreal, Canada;
  • Bachelor of Education, Ottawa University – Canada;
  • Masters of Contemplative Education – Colorado, USA;
  • Secondary school teacher, school counsellor, teacher trainer, author;
  • Teacher trainer specializing in wellbeing and mindfulness and social emotional learning in education;
  • Co-founder of educational consulting organization – MindWell Education;
  • Co-author, The Mindful Teacher’s Toolkit: Awareness-based wellbeing in schools;
  • Member of the Community of Contemplative Education, Mind & Life Europe;
  • Lead teacher trainer The Mindfulness in Schools Project, UK;
  • Trainer for CARE (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education) from CREATE for Education;
  • Trained in Still Quiet Place curriculum, MBSR-T (for teens), Dot-be curriculum, Dot-be Foundations for Educators;
  • Certified meditation instructor through The Open Heart Project;
  • TEDx Talk – Mindfulness in Education: Learning from the inside out;
  • Lived in Canada, The Netherlands, Czechia and Spain;
  • Works internationally in schools and universities providing workshops and retreats for educators, students and parents with a focus on self-care and stress management;
  • Provides supervision support for educators bringing mindfulness into education;
  • Teacher trainer at Europass since 2025.