My first spark of joy in education happened after going through my own therapy and falling in love with art. I learned that the creative process has therapeutic benefits that can help people on their journey to health, so I began a career in art therapy. I supplemented my education with additional trainings to add to my tool box of interventions. These included trauma recovery training with Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and a yearlong certificate program in Infant, Early Childhoo