Dr. Mandy Wintink earned her doctorate degree in neuroscience and psychology from Dalhousie University and subsequently trained in molecular neurobiology in the Department of Pharmacology in the faculty of medicine at Dalhousie University before moving to Toronto where she founded the Centre for Applied Neuroscience in 2010. She is currently a faculty member at the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto and works as an author, a life coach, and a public speaker.