Who We Are

For over 20 years, Art with Heart has been using the healing power of art to help kids in trauma and/or adversity find peace. Our therapeutic, art-based curriculum is a proven path to transforming pain into possibility. Now in our third decade, we’ll help 3.5 million more kids via online learning and collaborative partnerships.

Team

We are artists and dreamers, athletes and activists. Above all, we are passionate about making sure kids have opportunities to express what’s on their minds and in their hearts.

Chelsey Thornton

Community Engagement & Impact Manager

Briony Ball

Senior Development Manager

Our training team of experienced professionals empowers adults serving kids to understand and experience how creative expression helps kids name and manage their emotions, develop strategies for coping, and build resilience and SEL skills.

Trainers

Sera Rogers

Creative Learning Specialist

Bernie Liang

MA Student Development and Administration

Jen McCormick

LICSW

Maggie Yowell Wilson

MA, LMHC, CMHS, GMHS, RDT, REAT

Kate Baker

Certified Teacher, NBCT in Art

Helena Hillinga-Haas

MA, ATR, CL

Board

Art with Heart has a board of talented community members with diverse skills and backgrounds. Their leadership guides our work.

Mark Birzell

interim President and Treasurer

Gini Beck

Vice President

Jackie Smith

Secretary

Kato Wade

Member at Large

Kate Bedient

Member at Large

Rahmin Eslami

Member at Large

J.J. Westfall

Member at Large

Amy Friedman

Member at Large

Our advisory team is composed of mental and physical health providers, education professionals, bereavement specialists, developers of social emotional learning programs, and so many more. Their feedback is integral to the creation and development of our resources.

Advisors

Dena Frandsen

LMHC, CMHS

Sound Mental Health

Jill Meyers

MA, CCLS

Karen Summers

Coach, Trainer, and Consulting, School's Out Washington, Child Care Resources of King County, Page Ahead

Megan Lucas

LSWAIC

Rosalie Frankel

ATR-BC

Art Therapist & Therapeutic Play Coordinator, Seattle Children’s Hospital

Sherry Burke

SEL & Training Consultant, Burke & Associates: Prevention Science Consulting

Steffanie Lorig

Art with Heart Founder

Tonje Molyneux

M.Ed

Senior Program Developer, Committee for Children

Zandi Salstrom

MA, LMHC, ATR

Seattle Expressive Arts Therapy, Art Therapist for the Swedish Cancer Institute

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