I am a masters level social worker with over 35 years experience as a school socal worker. Have done teaching and training in prevention, expressive arts, poetry, creativity and healing in a variety of venues over the past 24 years, I am also a poet, photographer, mixed media artist and creativity coach. I have worked with people individually and in groups; and have given workshops at retreat centers, schools, prisons, after school programs, libraries, conferences and retirement communities.

I returned to writing poetry in 1997 after a 20+ year pause during which I completed grad school, got settled in my career and became a mom. Midlife hit me like a freight train and I began writing again, followed by art, photography and creating expressive arts workshops and becoming a creativity coach. Over the past 20 years, trained in Expressive Arts, Creativity Coaching and as a SoulCollage® Facilitator. In the beginning, Spirit Wind Studio, LLC was "Spirit Wind Books" because I self published my first poetry collection in 1998. Over the years, the business has evolved into a coaching and teaching practice.