Val Magarian is a visual artist and arts educator pursuing a new career as a Marriage and Family Therapist. She is a current graduate student at Palo Alto University studying toward an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Bilingual Certification in Spanish. Her experience as an educator includes working as Lead Studio Educator at the Guggenheim Museum, Family Programs Educator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Bilingual Arts Educator at Free Arts NYC, where she served youth and families experiencing poverty and homelessness. Val has exhibited her paintings and animations internationally and received festival awards and production grants from Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council.

contact: magarianv@gmail.com