Living Your Truth in the Professional World: Aligning Your Authentic Self With Your Work in Corrections

SESSION INFO

Monday, August 17, 2026
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Session Type: Workshop

This session explores the intersection of personal, professional, and organizational values and how they interconnect to define and drive the purpose of the organization. Participants will learn how their values manifest at all levels of an organization and will identify ways to support their organization to actualize it's purpose.

SESSION PRESENTERS

Victor Reyes
District Judge (Ret.), Mahakaruna Holistic Foundation


Judge Victor Reyes served as a District Judge in the 10th Judicial District located in Pueblo, Colorado, from January 1999 until his retirement on December 31, 2014, Prior to the appointment, he served as a Deputy State Public Defender from 1984 until 1999. He is a graduate of Emory University and Georgetown University Law Center. He provides national and international training in mindfulness for Judicial Officers, and other community members. Victor participates in nationwide trainings and roundtables on several issues related to domestic violence. He has taught to Judges, lawyers, probation officers, parole officers, behavioral therapist and legal communities in the United States, Ukraine, Korea, Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. He also has taught on judicial integrity with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and resilience with the United States Army. Judge Reyes currently leads classes in yoga, meditation and ethics for the Federal Correctional Institution, United States Penitentiary (STAGES Program), ADMAX and Federal Camp at FCI Florence in Colorado. He facilitates discussions on issues related to self-respect and self-compassion at the Youth Offender System and La Vista Correctional Facility Colorado Department of Corrections.