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Julie Phillips

is a retired Florida educator with a Master's Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and National Board Certification in Reading and Language Arts. She has been a certified NRA Firearms Instructor since 2010 and has spent the intervening years training hundreds of students in concealed carry fundamentals, private instruction, and scenario-based defensive courses. As an NRA Regional Training Counselor, she has certified approximately 50 new firearms instructors and Range Safety Officers across the region. Her martial arts foundation includes a 1st Kyu Brown Belt in Wado-Kai Karate and twelve years training in Systema under Alex Popeskou at Berkoot International Protection Agency. She is a Master Division competitor in the Glock Sport Shooting Foundation (GSSF) and has sought advanced instruction from Kris "Tanto" Paranto of Battleline Tactical, EJ Owens of Legally Concealed, and the team at Ti Training Corp. Julie trains weekly with co-instructor Mike Magowan of Self Defense Emporium.