Erin Partridge, PhD, ATR-BC is an artist and a board certified, registered art therapist. She is also a certified forest therapy guide. She grew up on a ranch in the East Bay Area, has lived all over California and spent some time in New York for graduate school. Her clinical experience includes work in community, pediatric, forensic, and geriatric settings and she is published in the areas of art therapy, elder care, research methods, and technology. Her research interests incorporate the lived experience and focus on participatory, ethnographic, and art-based approaches. Erin teaches at several universities and facilitates workshops in community and educational settings. Her creative process and creative output fluctuates between being intuitive and methodical. Curiosity is her guiding principle, both in art as well as in relation to others. The 222 is an exciting sandbox to explore the opportunities for authentic connection through and with the arts.