Hi I’m Erica, and I believe art has the power to communicate, when words lose their meanings.

It all started in December of 2009, when I wrote down a future wish and desire in a self-help book. It read “I want to use art to change the way people think. I want to speak without speaking”. At the time, I had no understanding of dementia and what my life would look like more than a decade later. With that mission statement, I set out to become an art therapist, who could help children with resiliency and confidence. Little did I know in 2011, I’d meet a woman living with dementia that would show me what it truly means to “speak without speaking”.

As a person's dementia progresses, they start to lose their language skills. For some that process is slow and for others, that process occurs quickly. I use the arts to help with that communication process. To make the life of someone living with dementia a little easier and kinder. To help them find emotional balance, even if for the present moment of our session together.

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