I work toward understanding the psychology of emotions and righting the wrongs of trauma through diverse artistic approaches. Inspired by Shaun McNiff’s (Professor and Dean, Institute for the Arts and Human Development, Lesley University, Massachusetts, U.S.) research on art as a medicine for the soul, I transform a creative workspace into a healthy communal place where meditative artmaking is practiced. Such a space helps to build interactive dialogue and informs experience towards new meaning. These processes support the individual participants’ emotional well-being and their immediate friends, families, and neighborhoods becoming ‘creative entrepreneurs’ as they embrace the mechanics of their emotional psyche and learn to attain stability in life.

The most valuable teaching tool that I hold close to my heart is the generation of processes that support the ‘sculpting’ or transformation of emotions into tangible forms. Such methods suggest a series of actions, translations, and fluctuations where the ambiguity of previously unexplored ideas and thoughts surface while simultaneously transforming into creative results. One of my teaching practices' significant objectives is to deepen participants’ understanding of and comfort with the ‘liberatory process’ through their creative investigation. ‘Liberatory’ is a term coined by Paulo Freire and Ira Shor in the book, A Pedagogy for Liberation: Dialogues on Transforming Education, which is defined as a form of teaching that utilizes self-consciousness as a tool for investigating challenges within and outside of the classroom.

Through creative artmaking, participants can decipher a spectrum of emotions. For this, I employ Person-Centered Therapy in my teaching, where participants learn to accept others' viewpoints by practicing empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence.

I believe in creating inclusive teaching and learning space where different forms of artmaking — whether drawing, fiber, animation, puppet making, or community arts — are used as tools for self-expression. Such forms enable learners to reach for and attain higher achievement levels and engagement within themselves and their communities. Through such experiences, participants learn to balance the emotional and cognitive modules of their learning processes. They also learn to acknowledge and support their personal experiences while creating a safe and secure learning space where each member feels recognized and empowered. Ultimately, participants learn to value self-awareness, personal growth, and social change as the outcomes of this learning environment.

Throughout my professional life, I have highlighted community mediation's concept by merging creativity arts, psychotherapy, and entrepreneurial strategies. I believe in reciprocity, where teachers become learners and learners become teachers. Being a woman from a developing nation, I have holistically encountered, analyzed, and established many soulful relationships during my socially engaged expedition. I have devoted my career to rebuild communities by introducing creative mechanics of arts, psychotherapy, and narrative-based storytelling through different artistic media.