Rolando is the President and Founder of Choose Life Abundant, a fulltime not-for-profit Health Education charity dedicated to facilitating healthy outcomes through lifestyle modification, he received his training at Lifeline Wellness Center on Preventative Health Measures as practiced in the Loma Linda Blue Zone. Rolando is also a graduate with special distinctions from the Davinci College of Holistic Medicine in the field of DMHA.
In addition, Rolando has a 23-year international career in Financial Capital Markets, and has worked in several Investment Banks such as Merrill Lynch, Citi, BBH&Co, a Renewable Energies Hedge Fund, a commodities trading firm, and as Vice President for an International Family Office with $1.6 Billion in assets under management. He is a graduate of Bentley University for his Business Management Bachelors and Dublin Business School for his Masters in Business Studies; additionally, he took a sabbatical to study Peace and Conflict Resolution at the European University for Peace Studies in Stadtschlaining, Austria. Rolando enjoys surfing, farming, writing, and sharing words of hope from the Scriptures.
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Emily joins Choose Life Abundant with a passion for holistic methods of education and healing. After attending Union College to obtain her Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and Communication, Emily spent almost 15 years teaching in multigrade, K-8 classroom environments. She took a year off from teaching to pursue introductory coursework in Occupational Therapy, but ended up back in the classroom the next fall, eventually pursuing a Master’s in Reading Science from Mount St. Joseph University. She also brings to Choose Life Abundant the skillset to integrate our programs for children. Emily enjoys biking, kayaking, reading, hiking, playing piano and ukulele, and learning new things—including how to grow and prepare palatable plant cuisine.