The person behind the practice
Discover the educator and co-author behind resources that help you see people’s potential, strengthen relationships and put service into practice.
A teacher’s eye
Born in the United States and shaped by most of her adult life in Latin America, Joan Barstow Hernández describes herself as a world citizen.
At Núr University in Bolivia, she led the Department of Education and became deeply involved in Transformative Leadership and community development. With Dr. Eloy Anello, she co-authored 12 books that helped give the framework a language, structure, and path into practice.
A life in motion
Where her story began.
The region she came to call home and where much of the work took root.
Education leadership, community development, and the emergence of a new framework.
A shared body of work exploring leadership’s hidden dimensions.
Teachers, NGOs, and learners across Latin America, North America, Europe, and Africa.
The questions inside the work
Essential nobility asks us to look past a present limitation toward a capacity that can still be developed.
Service-oriented leadership measures influence by the capabilities it helps awaken in others.
Personal and social transformation strengthen one another.
“Real transformation is manifested in changed behavior.”
A guiding line used throughout Transformative Leadership Education.
Photo: Merve / Pexels
On Joan’s desk
Choose a book for a challenge in your life or community. Read, discuss and try one idea, then reflect on what changed.
The person behind the practice
Discover the educator and co-author behind resources that help you see people’s potential, strengthen relationships and put service into practice.
A teacher’s eye
Born in the United States and shaped by most of her adult life in Latin America, Joan Barstow Hernández describes herself as a world citizen.
At Núr University in Bolivia, she led the Department of Education and became deeply involved in Transformative Leadership and community development. With Dr. Eloy Anello, she co-authored 12 books that helped give the framework a language, structure, and path into practice.
A life in motion
Where her story began.
The region she came to call home and where much of the work took root.
Education leadership, community development, and the emergence of a new framework.
A shared body of work exploring leadership’s hidden dimensions.
Teachers, NGOs, and learners across Latin America, North America, Europe, and Africa.
The questions inside the work
Essential nobility asks us to look past a present limitation toward a capacity that can still be developed.
Service-oriented leadership measures influence by the capabilities it helps awaken in others.
Personal and social transformation strengthen one another.
“Real transformation is manifested in changed behavior.”
A guiding line used throughout Transformative Leadership Education.
Photo: Merve / Pexels
On Joan’s desk
Choose a book for a challenge in your life or community. Read, discuss and try one idea, then reflect on what changed.
