Shannon Harriman

B.A. Environmental Science and Biology; Middlebury College
M.S. Education, University of Southern Maine

Shannon was first drawn to Nepal as a college student.  During that time, she felt a connection with the Nepali people, spiritual traditions and landscapes; a connection that impacted her so deeply that she later settled in the Kathmandu Valley for fourteen years. In that time, she worked as an Instructor and Program Director with Dragons in Nepal, Tibet, and India developing systems and curriculum to maximize student engagement and learning outcomes. Following her time in the field, Shannon helped to steward Dragons accredited college programs on three continents. She also facilitates cross-cultural trainings for organizations and schools in the US to support them in the training, assessing, and mentoring of their staff.  Her roots with Dragons run 20 years deep.

Currently Shannon supports our programming for adults. In this role, she designs and implements the same type of profound and transformational cross-cultural experiences for adults that Dragons has offered for students for decades.

Shannon currently lives in Monterey, Virginia with her partner, Tim, and their two children. She is a certified yoga instructor and death doula, a nature connection mentor, and an aspiring facilitator of the Work That Reconnects.  She believes in living close to the earth and is a lover of all things wild.