Kerry Sanderson is an award-winning career educator and Positive Psychology practitioner with over 20 years of transformative experience in higher education. She currently serves as the Senior Project Manager of Well-Being & Engagement and in the Adjunct Faculty – Psychology at GateWay Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, where she teaches the popular and highly rated course, Positive Psychology: The Science of Well-Being.

Kerry holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History (University of California, Berkely), a Master of Business Administration in Marketing (Rice University) and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (University of Pennsylvania), having studied under Dr. Martin Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology.

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In 2019, Kerry spearheaded the initiative to make GateWay the world's first well-being community college, for which she was awarded Innovation of the Year. As a result of her pioneering work, GateWay committed to well-being for all, making it one of the President's four key strategic priorities and garnering the support of a multi-million-dollar grant from the US Department of Education.

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Kerry’s mission is to advocate for the principles of Positive Psychology to foster academic achievement and flourishing in educational communities worldwide.