“Cortiva is very interested in and dedicated to increasing the education standards in massage therapy. A lot of schools out there are not giving people a solid basis to be sought out by employers. Cortiva is helping the profession move in the right direction. Our faculty members in our school have their own private practice. This gives students the chance to relate to us as colleagues. It allows us to bring real life situations into the classroom. We are not just reading journals and going to conferences. We are teaching techniques that we are trying out in practice and bringing that into the classroom. Cortiva has an awesome program. We allow students to specialize while they are still in school. All of our students receive the same curriculum, but in the last quarter, they have the option of choosing a specialty. It is a huge benefit for students to have a chance to do this while in school. At other schools, students have to pay extra for this and the courses count as electives. Cortiva offers this as part of the education program.”