Danny Torrance has always been captivated by the fortitude of the human spirit and one’s ability to find hope and meaning in even the darkest moments of life. It’s no surprise that he attributes Viktor Frankl’s book Man’s Search for Meaning as the catalyst for his interest in positive psychology. Danny started his career as an eager aspiring social worker, working as a case manager for a non-profit organization that coordinated services to help individuals with disabilities live independently in the community instead of a nursing home.

“I applied to the Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program because I felt I could use the research to help raise African-American bar exam pass rates," says Dwayne Allen Thomas (MAPP ’16), Senior Court Attorney to Honorable Cenceria Edwards in the New York Civil Court of Kings County. "I feel prepared to implement what I’ve learned over the course of the past year to make that happen.”