Eli Marx-Kahn

Chief Wellness Officer

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Eli’s background is in cognitive neuroscience and he has spent the last decade exploring the human mind from different perspectives. Doing behavioral, biological, and educational research has helped him discover some of the fundamental truths about learning, attention, and memory. In his own life, he has done thousands of hours of yoga and meditation, helping him to see more clearly the way that his own mind works. As Chief Wellness Officer, he enjoys sharing what he has learned with everyone at Holistic Learning through guided meditations and wellness workshops. He also spends time integrating wellness concepts and practices into all of the services that Holistic Learning offers, in order to ensure that students achieve truly sustainable well-being.

Kush Patel

Chief Learning Officer

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Kush comes from the world of physiology and neuroscience and is currently a medical student in Chicago, IL. He is very interested in how the brain works and is passionate about using his knowledge of neuroscience to make studying more fun and manageable for students at every point in their education. Throughout his college years, he helped hundreds of students achieve their academic aspirations through his role as a tutor, peer mentor to students with disabilities, study group leader, and learning strategist. As Chief Learning Officer at Holistic Learning, he enjoys creating learning strategy content for students as well as designing a holistic tutoring curriculum to ensure that true and meaningful understanding is achieved.