In Heart at the Center: An Educator's Guide to Sustaining Love, Hope, and Community through Nonviolence Pedagogy, Mike Tinoco offers a framework and set of practices grounded in nonviolence pedagogy. He inspires 6-12 teachers to reimagine classrooms as spaces that humanize, resist violence and injustice, and center love.

Mike Tinoco is a high school educator and nonviolence trainer from San José, California. His practice draws from Kingian Nonviolence, Nonviolent Communication, and aikido, with the aim of strengthening interconnectedness, healing together, and fighting for collective liberation. He is committed to working alongside his students, educators, and everyday people in creating a world that demands justice, centers love, and holds room for everyone to be part of the Beloved Community.