Notable Alumni

Meet Some of Our Most Notable Somatica Alumni –
Movers, Shakers, and Influencers Who Are Striving
To Make the World a Better, Sexier Place –
One Day at a Time.

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Miranda Rae Mayo
Miranda Rae Mayo

Primetime TV actress on NBC’s hit show “Chicago Fire”. Performance artist. Powerhouse event producer.
Graduated in 2021.

Emily Morse
Emily Morse

Best-selling author, radio host, and podcast producer of ‘Sex With Emily’. Featured in the NYT and as ‘Master Class’ teacher on Sex and Communication. Graduated in 2016.

Maurizio & Zaya Benazzo
Maurizio & Zaya Benazzo

Founders of ‘Science and Non-Duality’.
Filmmakers of the documentary
‘The Wisdom of Trauma’.
Graduated in 2018.

William Winters
William Winters

Bay area polyamory and sex-positive community leader. Creator of the ‘Bonobo Network’. Profiled in the NYT & San Francisco Chronicle. Graduated in 2016.

Amy Baldwin
Amy Baldwin

Creator and host of the ‘Shameless Sex’ podcast, featured in Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Huffington Post, GQ, and Maxim. Graduated in 2016.

Amanda Blumenthal
Amanda Blumenthal

Pioneering intimacy coordinator for film and TV, including ‘Euphoria’, ‘The L Word’, and ‘How to Get Away with Murder’. 
Graduated in 2016.

Xanet Pailet
Xanet Pailet

Best-selling author of the book
‘Living an Orgasmic Life – Heal Yourself
and Awaken Your Pleasure’.
Graduated in 2015.

Charlie Glickman
Charlie Glickman

Sex expert and author of
‘The Ultimate Guide to
Prostate Pleasure’.
Graduated in 2015.

Pamela Joy Costa
Pamela Joy Costa

TEDx Palo Alto presenter on
“Reclaiming Female Sexual Desire”.
Creator of ‘Women’s Circles’.
Graduated in 2015.

Janel Vitale
Janel Vitale

Voted #1 sexpert on TikTok
by Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Relationship designer.
Graduated in 2018.

Darshana Avila
Darshana Avila

Speaker & Erotic Wholeness coach.
Featured in Netflix’s
“Sex, Love & Goop”.
Graduated in 2016.

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