M.F.A Florida State U. and B. A. U. of South Florida My art is in many corporate and private collections. I am an artist, poet, inspirational speaker, teacher and author. "Essence of an Artist: Follow Your Dream: Loren Ellis an auto-bio of Her Art, Poetry, and Life." is the title of my book and documentary that mirrors the book. Soon published. I moved to NYC from Florida to follow MY dream... It has been a great experience living at the time, the Art capital of the World. I founded Art for Healing NYC Int'l org in 2000 and we retired in 2022. 22 great years of sharing the healing power of the arts with our community. Now I will share via my book and documentary.