It was February of 1974 when a completely unknown young gymnast, Kirk Mango, made a choice that would change the direction of his life and send him on an intense journey of self-discovery and accomplishment. His efforts would culminate in a State Championship, a high school All-American award and a full scholarship to compete in gymnastics at the NCAA Division I level for Northern Illinois University. What was most surprising and unbelievable about this was not only the achievement itself, but the fact that he did it in just one year-something nobody thought possible. For Kirk, it was the starting point of a career that has brought him numerous other awards and honors, first as an athlete, then as a coach and teacher.

In 2000, he was selected to the Northern Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame; there, his photograph hangs on the wall with some of the most prestigious athletes ever to attend and compete for Northern Illinois University. His most recent accolades include being chosen in 2009 as No. 8 of the Top 50 Athletes of All Time competing for NIU, induction into Willowbrook High School’s Inaugural Hall of Fame (with professional athlete greats, former Chicago Bears Tom Hicks, Cleveland Browns Matt Roth, former Philadelphia Phillies World Series pitcher Dan Schatzeder, and Milwaukee Brewers Jody Gerut), and induction into Northern Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame for a second time in October of 2010.

Kirk graduated NIU in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in education and in 1992 received his Master of Administration from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Now retired, he taught high school students for 34 years and coached student-athletes for 17 of those years.

Karen received her Masters’ Degree in Social Work from Columbia University and has worked in the areas of family therapy, eldercare and PTSD.

Acclaimed talk show host of Spouting Off

As a performer, she has toured the country in musical comedies, entertained on cruise ships and appeared in television and film. Her broadcast experience includes turns as a classical music radio announcer, news-caster, voice-over artist and of course, talk radio host. She lends her operatic voice to a variety of fundraisers and community events and has sung the National Anthem and God Bless America in numerous venues from State Legislatures to the New Jersey Nets.

Karen has trained people of all ages in public speaking, voice and diction, assertiveness and interpersonal communication. She taught communications at a Manhattan corporate training firm, the New School for Social Research, Parsons School of Design in New York, New Jersey’s Montclair State College, and Fairleigh Dickenson University, among others.

In politics, Karen has written numerous editorials and run for public office. She is passionate about freedom, equal justice and personal responsibility. You might have trouble pigeonholing her.

She enjoys encouraging people to think for themselves and to question everything.

Karen is the author of the awarding winning memoir, FATLASH! Food Police & the Fear of Thin, a memoir about her "stage mother on steroids" and her participation in child beauty pageants.

Jennifer Ruth Russell

Speaker | Award-winning Singer Songwriter | Author – Mother Mary Series



Podcaster – Morning Light Meditations



Spiritual Teacher – Angels of Abundance Ascension Academy

Jennifer Ruth Russell is a Spiritual Mentor, an award winning songwriter, a podcaster, and an author. Jennifer has been a Spiritual Mentor for more than 18 years. She trained at Agape International Spiritual Center, in Culver City, California, under Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith.

She has mentored thousands of clients and students in the depths of financial lack and heartache, helping them to heal their hearts and lives by connecting to the Light of their own Divinity.

Jennifer is the creator of Angels of Abundance Ascension Academy. The Academy studies the Mysteries of the Higher Realms and empowers students to become the healers they came here to be, emerging as an oracle of guidance for themselves and others.

Her intimate partnership with Mother Mary, Archangel Michael, Saint Germain and the entire Company of Heaven is the unseen force that runs the Ascension Academy.

Jennifer is also an award winning songwriter. Songs have always poured out of her heart. She loves to take people into the stillness of the soul and the playfulness of the light. She has written and recorded 11 CDs, including her award-winning Virtues: Songs A- Z for children.

Her previous two books, 21 Days to Abundance Through the Immaculate Heart of Mother Mary and How to Create with Mother Mary and Friends, are a tender connection with the Queen of Angels and instruction manuals on a new way of creating, through the Divine Feminine.

Her new book, Empowered Prayer, is the third in the Mother Mary Series.

Jennifer’s “Morning Light Meditations” podcast calls for listeners to pause at the first light of day to connect with their own superpowers, their Source, and decide together what the tone of this day will be.



Mother Mary, one or our most powerful and relevant mentors of the Divine Feminine, offers current messages. Come bathe in soft music, soothing meditation, and light songs.

Jennifer’s life vision is to uplift and empower Lightworkers to live abundantly and transform the world with songs and prayers that open the heart. When you are in her presence you will feel the deep connection of the Angels.

“A moment with Jennifer is like immersing yourself in the inspiration of the best music and the love of a most powerful prayer.” – Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith “

https://angelsofabundanceascensionacademy.com/

https://www.jenniferruthrussell.com/

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Morning Light Meditations https://angelsofabundanceascensionacademy.com/morning-light-meditations/

Dr. Brian C. Joondeph MD

Denver, CO

Specialty / Subspecialties: Ophthalmology / General Ophthalmology, Retinal Disease

Dr. Joondeph graduated from the Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Joondeph works in Goodland, KS and 5 other locations and specializes in Ophthalmology. Dr. Joondeph is affiliated with Porter Adventist Hospital, St Joseph Hospital, Rocky Mountain Hospital For Children, Children's Hospital Colorado and Goodland Regional Medical Center.

Brian C Joondeph completed his training as a retina surgeon in 1990 and since then has worked both in private practice and full-time academic ophthalmology. He practiced in Michigan for ten years before taking his family on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to work and live in Auckland, New Zealand for several years. He has been in Denver for the past 15 years after returning from his academic retina position down under. Denver was a great fit for his family after New Zealand given the opportunity for outdoor adventure and sports.

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