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Rochester Civic Theatre, The Black Box
20 Civic Center Dr SE
Rochester, Minnesota, 55904
United States

Heather Ritenour-Sampson & Brandon Sampson

Heather Ritenour Sampson, BA, CMT, 500 E-RYT is a multi-passionate creative with a love for philosophy, spirituality, transformational leadership, and movement meditation. She is the owner of Yoga Tribe yoga studio, where she teaches and leads yoga students and yoga teachers in practices that cultivate empowerment, authenticity, and well-being. As a mom-preneur, Heather believes in the “have it all life,” balancing the joys and trials of marriage, parenthood and entrepreneurship with creativity, compassion and humor. She is also a public speaker, freelance writer, musician and soccer coach who deeply values the power of tribe and finding the sacred in the mundane. Brandon Sampson is a Certified Prosthetist and Musician born and raised in Minnesota. He graduated with a degree in Biology from Luther College, Decorah IA, and a Certificate in Prosthetics from Century College in White Bear Lake, MN. For the past 20 years Brandon has focused on providing creative solutions for both upper and lower extremity prosthetics, combining art and innovation to meet the functional goals of people with limb loss. In the past Brandon has been honored to receive the Mayor’s Medal of Honor” for showing innovation in industry with his company Limb Lab and has also been a past recipient of “Arts Person of the Year” for his accomplishments with his Americana band Six Mile Grove.