Our Faculty

Rev. Silvia Tiznado-Smith
MDiv., BCC.
Buen Vivir CPE Director & Founder
ACPE Certified Educator
Rev. Silvia Tiznado-Smith a Mexican-American and an ACPE Certified Educator is bilingual in English and Spanish. She is the educator for the community-based CPE. She was the educator for a Spanish-English CPE unit at the San Francisco Night Ministry. ACPE has trained and provided spiritual care that is diverse and attends to the needs of a diversity of individuals. We understand that culture and language are core parts of a person’s humanity. It is our intent to equip Spanish-speaking and bilingual spiritual care providers to offer spiritual care to and from their cultural context. Some students will be part of their own Hispanic/Latino Spanish-speaking congregations in the Phoenix area and provide spiritual care to their members.

Rev. Jarda Alexander, BCC
MDiv., BCC.
ACPE Certified Educator
Jarda Alexander is an ACPE Certified Educator, APC/NAVAC Board Certified Chaplain, and ordained minister in the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ. She spent 10 years in healthcare as a pharmaceutical sales consultant, 3 years as a youth and young adult minister, 12 years as a Chaplain, and 6 years as a Certified Educator.

Rev. Lynn Brown-Duffy
MDiv., BCC.
ACPE Certified Educator

