Kyle emigrated from California to Aotearoa (New Zealand) on a Chemistry-based Fulbright scholarship in 2015. He came across the CPP in 2021 through the Step-Inside-the-Circle video as part of a Paradigms of Healing and Wholeness MS-level online course with his Compassion teacher, Fran Grace. A video call with Fritzi at the end of 2021 led him to his local Manawatū Prison. While leading the product development at a Biotech company, he was able to dedicate half of a weekday to the CPP mahi (work) and started the first international Trauma Talks Pilot in February 2023. With the completion of 3 pilots during 2023 (2 in remand and 1 in segregation) he is now spearheading the establishment of the CPP-Aotearoa Charity Trust alongside additional pilots across Australasia.