About

Dora Rodriguez Sanchez, Executive Director training in Guam
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Learning Begins
With Connection.

The WHEEL Council – Wholistic Health, Education, and Empowerment for Life – is a national leader in storytelling for prevention and healing, as well as accelerated, multicultural learning.

OUR VISION is to create programs that merge traditional cultural knowledge with scientific research to facilitate healthy life choices.

OUR MISSION is to prevent drug and alcohol use and other destructive behaviors in young people by combining storytelling, the arts, and cultural empowerment with scientific research.

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Funders

We have received over 3.5 million dollars in grants from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) and have received grants ​from the Arizona Department of Health, the Margaret T. Morris Foundation, the Yavapai Community Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation, St. Luke’s Health Initiatives, The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, and Social Venture Partners of Arizona.
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Our Team

Annabelle Nelson

Corporate President annabelleleenelson@gmail.com

Dora Rodriguez Sanchez

Executive Director
dorasellsrealestate@gmail.com

Kari Buck

Corporate Treasurer
buckkari1@gmail.com
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culture
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HIV prevention
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Substance Abuse prevention
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emotional health
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teens
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curriculum
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Help keep these stories within reach.

Help us continue our work, of making evidence based, culturally affirming, storytelling products available at low costs. Our innovative products empower, affirm students and their family cultures and give them the attitudes, behaviors and skills to thrive and meet their goals.
The WHEEL Council, Inc. a 501 © 3 corporation, all donations are tax-deductible.