Testimonials
“Working with Jackie was in itself a trauma-informed process, full of collaborative energy, choice and sensitivity. Jackie prioritizes the person over any product. This spirit allowed me to expand my imagination and create a novel piece of work within a process that was kind and respectful. Jackie is passionate about what she shares and she lives those values. “
Jessica Radovich (Integrative Artist and Counselor)
“I have had the pleasure and privilege of collaborating with Jackie and can say with conviction that I have learned a great deal from her knowledge, commitment, passion, and transparency. She is a vibrant voice in moving museum practices towards real, trauma-informed change.”
Stephen Legari - museum-based art therapist, psychotherapist, Montreal, Canada
"Jackie's expertise at the intersection of arts education and trauma-informed practices is an asset to museums and arts education. In our recent work together on "Caution: Art May Cause You To Feel," Jackie brought informed, empathic, and responsive feedback to the process in a way that encouraged my personal growth as an artist and invited me to think about my audience in a new way."
Lindsay Braman (Artist, Therapist, and Psychoeducator)
"Jackie has been truly an unparalleled force of inspiration and support in my career, totally unlike anyone else. She understood the intentions and potentiality of my research with the Science of Social Justice and gave me recognition and understanding in ways that no one before her had ever offered me. Jackie is a human who gives with her whole heart selflessly to any space she encounters. Her way of understanding the human condition and responding to it with so much compassion and integrity and purposefulness is something to be celebrated. She is a force for positive societal change and healing, and the kind of heart-centered courageous leader that we need in these most perilous times on Earth. She truly deserves to be centered as an educator, scientist, and practitioner who is deserving of being deeply supported and uplifted by the global community as a force for love and transformation, and as a voice for the importance of trauma-sensitivity. I consider her to be a profound partner professionally and personally on my spiritual path, and I couldn’t possibly express my gratitude for her unwavering generosity. I am a passionate advocate for what she stands for and will always be here to champion what she does in the world.”
Dr. Sará King (Neuroscientist, artist, liberatory technologist, Fellow at Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion, CEO of MindHeart, Creator of the “Science of Social Justice” framework)
"That was so great! I appreciate your balance of a wealth of knowledge and vulnerability. It was so lovely and a wonderful model of how to move with purpose and love.”
Sheri Parks (Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Maryland Institute College of the Arts, Author, University of Maryland Professor of American Studies)