Written By Steph Guillen

“2021 Vision Board” (2020)

This Year’s Goals:

  • Move to Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Transition from a vegetarian diet to a vegan diet

  • Live a healthy lifestyle and continue with daily running

  • Improve and grow in my career

  • Write more

  • Create more art and learn new art techniques

  • Meditate regularly

  • Find a kitty friend for Astrid

  • Slower pace and self-care

  • Improve the duration and quality of my sleep

  • Increase my sense of fulfillment and peace

  • Deepen my relationship with my partner

“Go at your own pace.” “Make your Mercury more like Freddie and less like retrograde.” “Do no harm and take no shit.” “Take actions that support the life you’re trying to create.” “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” “Accomplish amazing things.” “New beginnings.” “The greatest wealth is health.” “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ~ Oscar Wilde “Wild beauty.” “Get yourself to a good place and create things that are truly you.” “One must, from time to time, attempt things that are beyond one’s capacity.” ~ Renoir “Sunshine.” “Love.” “Creativity.” “Finances & Career.” “Where your focus goes, your energy flows.” “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” ~ Roald Dahl

Collage, acrylic, gold flakes, gloss.

© Steph Guillén

Steph Guillen

I’m an art therapy and counseling master’s degree program student, as well as an artist, writer, and program director with a strong background in communications, photography, art, and job search/employment strategies. I have a passion for uplifting marginalized communities through means that champion knowledge, growth, and empowerment. My professional history largely resides in working with unemployed mid-to-high level executives, refugees, immigrants, and newcomers from the Middle East. I’ve advocated for and empowered these communities through the mediums of online graphic communications, writing, education, workshops, program development, and art.

I combine skills in art, graphics, photography, writing, project management, content creation, social media, advocacy/awareness initiatives, program development, and research to make a positive impact.

Certificates in: Positive Psychology, The Science of Well-Being, Creative Writing, Therapeutic Art Life Coaching, Career Brand Management, and Social Media Marketing. Education in Graphic Communications Technology, Photography, Middle Eastern Studies, and International Relations. Pursuing a competitive M.A. program in Art Therapy & Counseling.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies while working full-time.

• Nominated for membership in Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society, Sigma lota Rho Honor Society, and The Society for Collegiate Leadership & Achievement.

• Recipient of the Global Goodwill Ambassador’s Humanitarian Award in recognition of years of impactful volunteer work, primarily in the refugee and international arena.

• Inducted into the Golden Key International Society with a 4.0 GPA in Middle Eastern Studies.

• Invited and accepted into the following committees and board: YMCA International’s Refugee College Scholarship Committee five years in a row, YMCA International’s Triumph of the Human Spirit Art Selection Committee two years in a row, United Nations Association of Houston Board Member & Global Classroom Liaison, World Refugee Day-Houston’s Panel Committee and Fundraising Committee.

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