Erika Malone is an expressive arts therapist and teaching artist of dance/theatre, and is currently working full time at The Monarch School, serving K-12 youth impacted by homelessnes.  Her teaching artist work has taken root in San Diego since 2001, including residency programs and artistic projects with The Old Globe, Blindspot Collective, A Reason to Survive, Malashock, San Diego Junior Theatre, transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project, and Arts for Learning San Diego. She is part of the SD Creative Youth Development network, and deeply committed to elevating the voice of diverse youth in her community. Erika spent ten years as a professional dancer in Eveoke Dance Theatre’s concert company; notable roles included Maria Teresa Mirabal in Las Mariposas, Edith Frank in Soul of a Young Girl: Anne Frank’s Diary, Rachel Corrie in Reflections, Holly Hobby in Monstropoly, and Half of One in Parting the Sea. She received her B.A. in Dance/Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College and her M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy from the European Graduate School. Erika is the co-founder of Yellowbird Expressive Arts, an organization focused on the intermodal arts a resource for community building and the cultivation of personal & collective resilience.

Catherine Hanna Schrock (she/her/hers) is an Applied Theater Practitioner, which unites her roles as an educator, theatre artist, writer and community organizer. She designs creative programming that equips diverse communities to engage in complex dialogues toward social and community development. Her original performances and interactive experience designs cultivate empathy and deepen human understanding and connection. Catherine is the Cofounder of Imagine (imaginebravespaces.com) where she works alongside a team of compassion-driven artists who invite communities to imagine and then create new ways of being together through theatre. She also specializes in Theatre of the Oppressed and specifically, Forum Theatre, an uncommon kind of interactive theatre that allows audiences to roleplay toward conflict transformation. Additionally, she has worked with numerous local and international organizations including as a Teaching Artist at the Old Globe Theatre. She holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Theater from New York University and a BA in Sociology and International Development.