THIS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - MARCH 2022 - JOIN US AS WE TALK WITH CLAUDIA MARULANDA ABOUT HER ART, ADVOCACY, SURVIVING CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT, THE IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA ON HER AS AN ADULT, TRAUMA HEALING, AND WHAT EVERY FIRST RESPONDER AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL NEEDS TO KNOW.

Featured Presenter:

Claudia Marulanda, is a New York City-based visual artist whose passion is to empower women through the beauty of art.

For most of my young adult life, I pursued a career in graphic design, working in the publishing industry. However, it wasn't until I hit an emotional rock bottom that I rediscovered my passion for art and uncovered the childhood trauma I had repressed for most of my life.

Art became my medicine, a source for healing, and a place for self-expression when I needed it the most. Creating art became a way to heal my pain, release suppressed emotions, and overcome the trauma that had highjacked most of my life.

For the last ten years, I've been engaging in this wonderful activity. I know first-hand how mighty and powerful art can be for our emotional health. I have benefited from its magical and healing powers. For this reason, I'm also working on facilitating art workshops and art programs to help women who are struggling to heal from past traumas and painful experiences

As a survivor of child sexual abuse, I know first-hand the effect of trauma and how it can stay with us until adult life if we do nothing to heal.  As an artist, I have learned how to use art as a healing tool and how to express myself, which has led me to advocate for women who are suffering in silence.

What I bring to the table is a conversation about why it matters to learn to think differently when dealing with victims of abuse and why it’s worth looking at it from a new angle. It can save a life.

The MINDFUL ON PURPOSE PODCAST is a safe space where unexplored topics on gender-based violence/intimate partner violence/child endangerment are discussed with FIELD EXPERTS to increase awareness and improve care for vulnerable women and children. Target listener: doctors, nurses, hospital and clinic executives, law enforcement, domestic violence researchers, government officials, all frontline workers, survivors/victims, family and friends of survivors/victims, and ALL concerned humans.  www.speranzaproject.org

Creator/Host:  Christina M. Blackburn, MSc - Award-winning innovator, medical educator, advocate for women and children in crisis, and survivor.