Sura Hart is an internationally recognized trainer with the Center for Nonviolent CommunicationSM (CNVC) and is the contact person for projects integrating NVC into U.S. schools. She designs and facilitates trainings and curricula for students, parents, teachers, and school administrators around the globe, and is a co-founder of the annual five-day NVC Institute for Educators: Teach for Life! Sura is co-founder and co-director of Kindle-Hart Communication™.

Sura’s background includes: parent of two daughters; book publisher; classroom teacher in public and private schools; creator and director of after-school programs for at-risk youth on leadership, healthy sexuality, and conflict resolution.

Sura lives in Seattle, Washington, where she enjoys spending time with her two grown daughters and participating with the local NVC nonprofit, Northwest Compassionate Communication. Sura travels extensively to train and support school communities, facilitate NVC workshops, and give conference presentations and keynote talks. She offers coaching and consulting by phone, especially for parents and educators.

Contact Sura: Phone: (805) 698.3332 · Email: sura@thenofaultzone.com

Victoria Kindle Hodson, MA holds degrees in education and psychology and has been a classroom teacher in public, private, and Montessori schools—preschool through college. She is the co-founder and co-director of Kindle-Hart Communication and the LearningSuccess Institute. In addition to co-authoring three books with Sura Hart, including The Compassionate Classroom; Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids and The No-Fault Classroom; she is the co-author with Mariaemma Willis of Discover Your Child’s Learning Style.

For 30 years she has been developing curricula, tools, and programs that support the development of the whole person. She is currently working with charter schools in the United States and Canada who are implementing school-wide initiatives to replace fear-based student management policies and practices with Nonviolent Communication and LearningSuccess needs-based principles and practices.

Victoria lives in Ventura, California with her husband, Stan, where, in addition to offering
in-person and phone coaching for parents and teachers, she conducts trainings and work-
shops for therapists, school administrators, teachers, and parents at the LearningSuccess
Institute. She has one adult son who lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

Contact Victoria - Phone: (805) 653.0261 or Email: victoria@thenofaultzone.com.