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RINC LOVE is the foundational essence of our community, ethos, and culture. It’s grounded in open-heartedness, kindness, compassion, inclusivity, justice, celebration, and the reality that RINC is a space and place where the invitation is to be real - about all of life that we can. Realness for us is a path to self-orientation; to closeness and connection, even if what we find is hard to see. Everything belongs and has value. The translation for our residents: YOU BELONG. Just as you are. Who you’ve been, who you are, who you are becoming. All are welcome and honored.

Welcome to RINC!

Being truly welcome at RINC isn’t something that is defined by others. It takes heartful, skillful listening to each resident and the collective community, fierce advocacy for what is needed and just, and ultimate tenderness for what emerges as the truth. It takes feeling cared for, understood, and celebrated. We always say RINC is just a building until (you!) our amazing residents arrive. Then it becomes a place we hope to have the honor of calling a home with them. We hope RINC serves as soothing and meaningful respite from the growth edge that Stanford can be, especially for these wonderful frosh at such a precipice in their lives.

Resident Fellows

Amy Larimer, (she/her/hers) is a Well-Being Coach on campus as part of the amazing Well-Being at Stanford team. Prior to coaching, she spent 15 years teaching in and serving as the Assistant Director of the Architectural Design Program at Stanford, where she developed and implemented holistic, anti-racist pedagogies and practices focused on academic well-being. Before her roles here at Stanford, she was principal of an architecture firm and award-winning public installation artist. She has a permanent sculpture on campus at Stanford in the central courtyard of Schwab Residential Center.

Drew Krafcik, Ph.D., (he/him/his) has worked in higher education and community-oriented counseling for over 25 years. He has served as the director of graduate programs in marriage and family therapy and clinical counseling, as the associate director of youth and family programs, and as the director of spiritual care in hospice. At Stanford, he is a teacher, mentor, and consultant on student well-being and belonging.

Our academic interests are wide ranging and include holistic education, anti-racist/anti-oppression pedagogies, contemplative practices, integral theory, psychology, mentoring, wisdom, mindfulness, meditation, spirituality, love/relationships, architecture, creativity, and design. We bring decades of experience working with undergraduates like yourselves, so we look forward to getting to know you, supporting your interests as students, and building community together.

We are honored to share in the experience of cultivating community at RINC alongside our daughter, Bri (12 years old), and our little hairless dog, Sweetie. All of us look forward to being part of a new RINC community with you!