Summary of Experience:

• Nationally Registered, Board Certified Art Therapist
• State Certified Educator – Florida
• Experienced Trainer and Facilitator
• Expert Witness –Civil and Criminal
• Adjunct Professor of Special Education- Nova Southeast University
• Research Assistant and Program Evaluator
• Grant writer
• Creative Expression Workshop Facilitator
• Wellness through Creative Art Workshop Facilitator
• Public Speaker
• Consultant- Special Workshop facilitator in Public and Private Schools
• Art Gallery Owner/Operator- “ArtSpace Gallery”, Vero Beach, FL
• Art Workshop Facilitator
• Gyotaku Artist and Instructor
• Certified Qi-Gong (Tai-Chi) Instructor
• Coordinator of National Arts for the Handicapped, Kennedy Foundation Grant

Professional Experience:

• 1982 to Present – Contract Art Therapist to the Florida State Attorney’s Office Bureau of Victim Compensation, Judicial District 19, Indian River County and St. Lucie County, Longwood Pavilion Adult Psychiatric Center, Center for Emotional Behavior, Children’s Home Society,
• Staff Therapist- Indian River County School Board, Youth Guidance of Indian River County, Cultural Council Summer Art Camp and St. Edwards School
• Facilitator of Art Therapy Presentations- Indian River County Sheriff’s Department, Guardian Ad Litem Program, Palm Beach County School Board, St. Edwards Schools, and Victim Advocates for 19th Circuit, Sebastian Medical Center,  Museum of Art Outreach w/ Public Schools
• Program Evaluation: Cultural Council of Indian River County
• Private Practice Art Therapist – since 1984
• Expert Witness – since 1998
• Member of Victim Assistance Program – 1991-2009
• Member of Florida Network of Victims Assistance Program since 1999
• Qi-Gong Instructor – 2007-present
• Gyotaku Instructor – 1984 to present

Professional Organization Affiliation:

• Florida Art Therapy Association, Past President
• Florida Network of Victim Witness Services
• SED Network
• National Expressive Therapies Association
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Children with Attention Deficit Disorder
• County Commissioners Children’s Service Council
• American Art Therapy Association

Education
     *University of Illinois – 1990
Art Therapy Certification-Post Graduate
     *Michigan State University – 1982
Master of Arts with Specialization in Art Therapy
     *Eastern Michigan University- 1974
                        Bachelor of Science Degree
     *SCW Fitness – 2007
            Qi-Gong Certification as Instructor