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About Adriana Diaz
 Creative
Life Coach Adriana Díaz is also an educator, writer,
and artist. The granddaughter of Spanish immigrants, she is
a bi-lingual California native. She received a B.A. in Art,
with a minor in Speech and Drama, from Cal State University
East Bay where she also earned a California State Elementary
Teaching Credential.
She began her teaching career Chair of the Drama Dept. at
Holy Names High School in Oakland, California while pursuing
further studies in Method Acting with renowned teacher Jean
Shelton. Leaving the theater, teaching, and the United States,
Adriana went to Europe where she studied for a semester at
the C.G. Jung Institute of Analytical Psychology in Zurich,
Switzerland. After her return to the U.S., she earned a Master’s
Degree in Culture and Spirituality from Holy Names College
in Oakland, California, where she continued on the faculty
for thirteen years.
As Adjunct Instructor and Lecturer, Adriana has also taught
at New College of San Francisco, John F. Kennedy University
in Berkeley, Naropa University West, and the University of
Creation Spirituality, Oakland. Her seminars and studio courses,
guide students in the exploration of the political and ethical
roles of creativity and spirituality in culture and personal
life. She has lectured and facilitated workshops at conferences,
universities, and events across North America, in New Zealand,
and Argentina.
In 1992 Adriana published her first book, Freeing
the Creative Spirit, Drawing on the Power of
Art to Tap the Magic and Wisdom Within (HarperSan Francisco).
Her essays are included in two anthologies, The Soul
of Creativity, Ed. By Tona Pearce Myers (New World
Library) and Sacred Voices, Essential Women’s Wisdom
Through the Ages, Ed. By Mary Ford-Grabowsky (HarperSan Francisco).
Adriana has been an exhibiting artist since 1968. Her work
has appeared in print as book illustration, jacket and CD
cover design, and in magazine reproductions. Original work
is in collections around the United States, and Canada. She
is a long-standing member of the National Women’s Caucus
for Art as well as the Northern California Chapter of the
WCA. Adriana is also a charter member of the Community Advisory
Board of Health through Art (www.healththroughart.org)
, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting health and
well-being through community created images and messages reproduced
on billboards and public signage throughout the San Francisco
Bay Area. (Go to www.adrianadiaz.com
for gallery and more information.)
Contact Adriana Diaz at: adriana@yourcreativelifecoach.com
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