Our Founding Spiritual Director is Reverend Alex Escudero, who was ordained by Centers for Spiritual Living in 2013. She has been a licensed New Thought Practitioner since 1999 and has lived in DC and the DC area for most of her life. Reverend Alex is also a member of the Leadership Council.
Terry Oliver lives in Gaithersburg, MD, and is a Practitioner with our Center. She can be reached at TOlivertt@gmail.com.
Reverend Renay Bloom is licensed as a Religious Science Practitioner through the Centers for Spiritual Living, a Minister and Metaphysical Practitioner, licensed and ordained by the International Metaphysical Ministry, and a member of the CSL DC and serves on the Leadership Council.
Email: info@renaybloom.com
Norm Hogeland is a licensed Practitioner through our Center and a regular musical guest.
Lisa Bolton is President of the Center’s Leadership Council. She was elected as the Communications Workers of America Vice President Telecommunications and Technologies in 2015. She has been attending Mile Hi Church of Religious Science in Lakewood, CO since 2001. She has taken classes there and joined as a member in 2010. Lisa searched out the Center for Spiritual Living DC and has been a member here since 2017.
Jackie Jones is Dean of the School of Global Journalism & Communication at Morgan State University in Baltimore. A native Washingtonian, Jackie graduated with a degree in journalism from George Washington University, and has worked in numerous newsrooms around the country. She is a longtime member, and also has served on the board of directors of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). She became a Religious Science Practitioner in 2015 through the Center for Spiritual Living Laurel, where she also served on the Center’s board. She is active in other civic and professional organizations and joined CSLDC in 2024.
Teresa Valenzuela is a Spiritual Coach (aka Practitioner) with CSLDC. She visited her first Center for Spiritual Living in 2007 and knew she had found the spiritual home, spiritual philosophy and a way of life that was in alignment with her heart. She has been a licensed CSL practitioner since Jan 2017. Over the years she has been active in numerous activities that supported her local CSL Center and is currently a member of the CSL Practitioner Council. Teresa is dedicated and committed to being a change agent in the world with an open heart and listening ears.