Meet the Health Coach Institute Team

Alyssa is an executive coach and a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach specializing in leadership development and performance, with a strong emphasis on communication and emotional intelligence. As both a private coach and corporate consultant, she empowers professionals to manage stress effectively and increase self-awareness. Her work helps individuals bridge generational communication gaps, foster psychological safety, and promote overall well-being.

Her coaching style is grounded in building trusting relationships, offering honest feedback, and encouraging deep self-reflection. Alyssa is committed to continuous improvement and transformation, both in professional and personal settings. She is also a co-author of The Successful Mind: Tools to Living a Purposeful, Productive, and Happy Life, available on Amazon.

Priscilla Benavides is a life coach and mentor who supports highly sensitive people, empaths, and coaches in reclaiming their energy and living more authentically. She blends mind-body-heart wisdom, breathwork, and mindfulness to guide deep transformation and self-discovery. Originally from Santiago, Chile, Priscilla has mentored students at the Health Coach Institute since 2017, helping them unlock their potential as transformative coaches. She also runs a private practice and enjoys hiking, music, and time with loved ones in the Pacific Northwest.

Sage Lee, Community mentor for Heart Warriors has spent a lifetime building communities. Sage has helped hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs to create powerful, world-class brands. He also helps coaches create successful, sustainable businesses for themselves. Through The School for Wizards, helps individuals create more powerful and meaningful lives through the study of the Western Mystery Tradition. He has mastery of multiple coaching modalities, the study of metaphysics, and tarot archetypes, and uses these tools to help people understand the deepest levels of spirit and psyche and how they can be used to solve life’s most intractable problems. Sage is also an artist and writer, spending any spare time creating art.

Brooke Jeffries is the Lead Instructor and Program Director of the HCI Pathway Program. She is also the lead instructor of Master Your Stress: Find The Calm Within. With a wealth of knowledge in nutrition, health, and coaching, Brooke is a Certified Nutritionist, National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach, and an advisor on the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching Program Approval Commission. Her passion for personal growth is infectious, and her expertise is unparalleled. Before joining HCI in 2019, Brooke managed a team of dietitian coaches, ran a successful private nutrition practice, and worked in corporate coaching. Over the past decade, she has mentored countless coaches in building robust coaching and clinical skills.

Brooke currently lives with her husband and son in the Houston area.

Andrea Nakayama is the founder of the Functional Nutrition Alliance and guest expert in Master Your Stress. Andrea Nakayama is a renowned Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner (FNLP).

Andrea is an internationally known Functional Medicine Nutritionist, educator, and speaker who is leading a movement to transform the health industry into a system that works. She’s a Certified Nutrition Educator (CNE), Certified Nutrition Counselor (CNC), Certified Holistic Health Coach (CHHC) and provides her expertise on stress and its impacts on your body in this course.

Andrea currently resides in Portland, OR.