Licensed mental health clinician / psychotherapist, board certified art therapist, expressive arts practitioner and education specialist committed to promoting the holistic development, safeguarding and protection of children and families in developing countries. Over fifteen years of clinical practice doing psychotherapy, counseling and expressive arts therapy with individuals, families and groups in private, school and organizational settings. Experience in the development of treatment plans, stress management, staff and professional development. Over twenty-five years of strong senior management and operational experience in non-profit and educational settings; experience in teacher training, curriculum development, academic and field research, program design, management and implementation, proposal writing and fundraising, community mobilization; international consulting experience in training and development for early childhood and elementary education programming, including special education programs and preventive and rehabilitative culturally relevant/rooted psychosocial programs for children and families in emergency/crisis-affected settings. Research interests: healing and learning through the expressive arts in education, A/R/Tography, neuroaesthetics.