Dr. Orisha A. Bowers (she/her/hers) holds a BFA, MA, MEd, PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, a Graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies and a Certificate in Complementary Alternative Medicine and is seeking the Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator credential through the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association.  Orisha has more than two decades of experience in social services, nonprofit leadership, grants management, program design, and civic leadership as well as performing arts and education. Orisha’s life work is centered on an intentional merging of women’s studies, education, interdisciplinarity, advocacy, creativity, spirituality, healing, wellness, and movement. She uses scholarship and vocation to do healing work in reproductive health, women’s issues, and communities of faith.