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Paulo Freire

1921 – 1997

Pedagogy of the Oppressed rewrote literacy teaching for the global south.

Brazil·Philosophy · Education

Rachel Naomi Remen

b. 1938

Built The Healer's Art curriculum, taught in medical schools on four continents.

United States·Integrative Medicine · Education

Andrew Weil

b. 1942

Founded the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and trained a generation of fellows.

United States·Integrative Medicine · Education

Joseph Pizzorno

b. 1948

Co-founded Bastyr University, the first accredited natural-medicine university in the United States.

United States·Functional Medicine · Education · Medicine