Spectrum New Beginnings vision is to cultivate healthier and more harmonious communities. By providing holistic wellness programs and self-care practices to individuals and organizations, we are renewing minds and transforming lives, one day at a time.
In 2024, we were gifted with funding from the Northwest Dayton Partnership Community Investment Fund to address the physical and mental health challenges in Northwest Dayton AKA the Hope Zone. This funding allows us to provide free self-care programs for a community that has been historically identified as under-resourced and at-risk.
Our current programs include Community Self-Care Labs and Self-Care and Support Groups for Women and Grandmothers. These programs are currently offered at Five Rivers Family Health Center’s Northwest Dayton location. We also provide tailored programs including wellness days and self-care retreats for small groups, teams, larger organizations and schools.
Our work
Meet our heart-centered board members committed to cultivating healthier and more harmonious communities in Dayton and beyond!
Our Team
Taylor B. Johnson
Executive Director
Taylor B. Johnson is a Dayton native and the Executive Director of Spectrum New Beginning. Passionate about holistic wellness, she overcame personal health struggles as a teenager that empowered her to become a wellness advocate and entrepreneur. Taylor founded Haya Healing to provide personalized wellness coaching and has worked with various organizations including CareSource, Premier Health, Omega CDC, Montgomery County Job and Family Services, Dayton Public Schools, Sinclair Community College, The University of Dayton, and Clark State to help cultivate cultures of well-being. Taylor is a Dayton Democracy Fellow with the Kettering Foundation, serves on the board of Big Time Faith and Women in Business Networking. A lifelong learner, Taylor holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Ohio University and is currently pursuing a dual Masters in Divinity and Business Administration from United Theological Seminary.
Dru Brescoe
Treasurer
Dru works to maintain Spectrum New Beginnings on its path to ethical governance. He is a high school teacher and chair of a Social Studies Department for students to get involved with community service. Dru has a Bachelors of Secondary Education from Wright State University and a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton. Dru was also the Buchwald Summer Fellow at the Ashbook Center at Ashland University.
Sharon AKA "Mama Sharon"
Co-Chair
Sharon AKA “Mama Sharon” is a beloved community activist. Where most nurses nurse people, Sharon’s experience as a nurse has evolved into “nursing communities.” A Del-Mar Encore Fellow, Sharon spearheaded the University of Dayton’s Fitz Center for Leadership in Community’s Health Equity Activation Think Tank to improve the health outcomes of historically and systemically underserved Daytonians. Sharon previously worked for University Hospitals of Cleveland and the Cleveland Clinic as an advanced clinical nurse and assessment nurse. Sharon pursued a Masters in Public Administration from Cleveland State Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. Additionally, she has taught at Sinclair Community College, worked to help establish the Gem City Market and is the immediate past president of the Ohio Nurses Association, District Ten.
Moses Mbeseha
Board Member
From State College, PA by way of Buea, Cameroon, Moses is a community organizer with a passion for social policy, economics and sports. Moses enjoys working with other community organizers to find solutions to ongoing problems as well as volunteering at different service areas in his community. In his free time, Moses is often involved in recreational sports or working with local political leaders. Moses has demonstrated skills in project & business management, marketing, fundraising, strategic planning, and community organizing. He pursued studies in Political Science and Africana Studies at Wittenberg University, where he graduated with his Bachelors in 2013. Moses holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Dayton and a Masters in Public Health from the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill.
Dan Loofboro
Co-Chair & Founder
Dan Loofboro, Founder of Spectrum New Beginnings. “Yoga Dan” studied at Method Yoga, Real Human Performance, The Veterans Yoga Project and Mindful Yoga Therapy. Dan has been practicing and teaching mindful movement, fitness, breathwork, regenerative farming, and biohacking for trauma healing and overall vitality for over 11 years. These practices were instrumental in his recovery from losing his wife tragically to mental illness and prescription drug addiction. Having gone from darkness to light, Dan is on a passionate mission to help others with the proven techniques that have helped him heal.
Amaha Sellassie
Board Member
A lifelong community organizer, amaha currently serves as president of the Gem City Market Board, co-founder of West Dayton Strong, a STEAM based summer and afterschool program in public housing, and co-creator of the Dayton Lab, a community-based participatory research lab and partnership between University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College, located in west Dayton. amaha is Director of the Center for Applied Social Issues and an Associate Professor of Sociology at Sinclair Community College.