Build Resilience. Strengthen Connection.
Bamboo7 Academy is an online learning institute dedicated to strengthening mental resilience and equipping people with the practical skills needed to navigate life’s most difficult challenges. Inspired by the strength and flexibility of bamboo, B7A is built on the belief that resilience is not something people are born with—it is something that can be learned, practiced, and strengthened over time.
Through evidence-based courses, micro-learning programs, and custom-designed professional learning pathways, B7A helps individuals, workplaces, and communities build emotional strength, improve wellbeing, and prevent mental health crisis. The Academy’s curriculum is grounded in the Bamboo7 Framework, a system that teaches seven core foundations of resilience, including awareness, emotional regulation, cognitive flexibility, connection, purpose, crisis skills, and recovery.
Our mission is simple: to make practical mental health knowledge accessible to everyone and help people develop the skills needed to face adversity with resilience, compassion, and hope.
Marvel Harrison, PhD
Marvel Harrison is Bamboo7 Academy’s Curriculum Director and in-house subject matter expert. Drawing on her background in public health, psychology, education, and suicide prevention, she brings an evidence-informed, multidisciplinary perspective to the development and review of Bamboo7’s educational content. Her work helps ensure that learning experiences are accurate, practical, engaging, and accessible to diverse audiences.
Dr. Harrison is also the creator of ABC Suicide Prevention, a community-centered suicide prevention initiative designed to equip individuals, organizations, and communities with practical skills for recognizing, responding to, and supporting people experiencing emotional distress or suicide risk. Through her leadership of the program’s curriculum, she has helped translate suicide prevention principles into accessible, skills-based learning for community audiences.
Dr. Harrison holds a BS in Education, an MS in Human Nutrition, and a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts. She has extensive public health experience and has co-authored several popular psychology books. An engaging and accomplished speaker, she has presented to parents, educators, and communities throughout New Mexico and around the world.
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