Our team
Sarah Rocha, LPC
ArtsEd West Teaching Artist
Facilitator of Immersive & Co-created Rituals
Interdisciplinary Creative Practitioner
Sarah Rocha is a community-based teaching artist and interdisciplinary creative practitioner whose work explores community engagement, participatory ritual, restoration, mending, and belonging through participatory art. Working across community spaces, Indigenous and urban schools, and directly with engaged couples, she facilitates sensory-rich experiences rooted in embodied presence. Drawing from expressive arts, somatic movement, storytelling, and nature-based ritual, Sarah co-creates spaces—from public gatherings to intimate relationship milestones—that foster deep connection and collective care. She believes creativity is a shared inheritance that helps us reconnect with ourselves, our loved ones, and the natural world around us.
SARAH’S PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:
Teaching Artist through ArtsEd West
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner SE™ Practitioner
Repairing the Broken Bowl © Facilitator
Innovative Somatic Adult Attachment-Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning Experience (DARe) Practitioner
Master of Arts in Counseling: Expressive Arts Therapies
Independent Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Completed 2 years of Timeless Wisdom Training with Thomas Hübl
Pocket Project Lab Facilitator: EarthBound: Collective Trauma Lodged in Place | The Pocket Project
Deepak Chopra Certified Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor
Ria Martinez
Wellness Group Facilitator
Ria is a seasoned mental health practitioner with a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology from the University of Arizona and a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Wayland Baptist University. With over ten years experience in individual and group counseling, Ria has worked with a diverse population of individuals overcoming a wide array of personal and interpersonal issues including but not limited to emotional regulation, self-worth/ self-esteem, conflict resolution, communication barriers, and so much more.
Ria enjoys group counseling work. She wholeheartedly believes in the beauty of learning from the similarities and differences of shared experiences that can be found in a group atmosphere. Ria feels that in learning from the shared hurt of the human experience that we feel less alone in the world and are empowered through connection to form a greater understanding and appreciation for the self.
