After acquiring a BA from New York University in Art History, Psychology, and Studio Art, I earned my Masters of Professional Studies in Creativity Development and Art Therapy from Pratt Institute. I co-created and managed the first mental health program at University Settlement’s Children’s Corner in Brownsville, Brooklyn. I co-created the first mental health program at The League’s Education and Treatment Center’s LAND Gallery; and I worked in the inpatient acute psychiatric unit at NYU’s Langone Medical Center. I have experience as Director of Development at RxArt, a nonprofit organization that transforms healthcare environments by commissioning contemporary artists to create site-specific installations. I am a working artist, classical ballet and intuitive movement dancer
School of Seraphs is centered around disrupting systems of power by guiding fellow humans to claim their own knowledge and experiences by engaging and listening to their intuition. This practice questions the ways larger forces and institutions have informed us about what counts as mental health and what constitutes happiness, fufillment, presence, illness, or suffering. The therapeutic journey is not only about the brain, it includes the full spirit as well as the body.
Integrating ways of knowing by reconnecting with ancestors and connecting with our body as a vessel of past and present invites a sense of familiarity that can provide relief from suffering in isolation. We become a piece of something bigger than ourselves and have the power to heal wounds inflicted in a time that no longer aligns with the present. Acknowledging context and how it impacts functioning is a significant factor in revolutionizing healthcare. If we continue to solely blame ourselves we are not looking at historical trauma or holding the systems of oppression accountable
We all deserve liberating therapy
