Self and Nature Connection Through Eco-Art Therapy - 4/21/2023

Marién A. Peña, PhD, is an artist and educator born in Puerto Rico. She obtained a BA from the University of Iowa. She became an art teacher for private schools in Central Florida. Subsequently, she completed her Montessori Education Certifications in Central Florida and California, and master’s degree in education becoming a field consultant and instructor for Montessori Teacher Training Centers across the US. She holds a PhD in Eco-Art Therapy/ Applied Ecopsychology from Akamai University, and she is certified as an expressive arts facilitator. In 2011, Marién founded Art for Living, a non-profit that provided art as medicine for adults with Alzheimer’s until 2019. She is currently the owner of HEART Centered, an art studio that provides eco-art therapy and expressive arts facilitation for individuals and groups. Marién has spent her life educating others in the use of art and nature as a healing tool for stress, self-care, anxiety, and stagnation. 

• Plant
• Paper
• Pen or pencil
• Misc art supplies (such as markers, coloring pencils, crayons, watercolors, and/or paint)
• Journal for reflection
• Space for movement 

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Note that Zoom breakout rooms are not recorded.