Engaging in artistic activities has always been a central part of Marjory’s life. Born to artist parents in Boston, and raised in Pelham, a suburb of New York City, she was always encouraged to follow her creative tendencies in drawing, painting, sewing, carpentry and “making things”. In her teen years she became a dance enthusiast, and participated in dance master classes and performances throughout high school, only to take up her interest in art again when she became an Art Major at Barnard College in New York City.   At nineteen, she moved to California and continued her college education at UCLA, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Education. Having completed her formal education, Marjory continued to draw and paint on her own and returned to UCLA to take art classes in painting and figure drawing. She joined the Malibu Art Association where she wrote the newsletter, helped hang exhibits, participated in juried shows and won some awards. She became a teacher in the Adult Education Program of Santa Monica College and taught painting in the satellite program in Malibu. She taught the drawing of horses as part of a unique program at Pepperdine University in Malibu in which the children gained added insight into the nature of the horses they were riding by the careful observation necessary when drawing.   Recognizing that students in her classes were expressing more than just the lessons in their art work, and always interested in psychology, Marjory entered the Art Therapy Program at Emaculate Heart College, and following that program’s move to Loyola Marymount University in Inglewood, she achieved her Master’s Degree and became a registered Art Therapist and Licensed Marriage Family Therapist. Recognizing Art Therapy as a powerful tool for healing, she used Art Therapy with cancer patients and their families through the American Cancer Society, and participated in a pilot project using Art Therapy bedside with cancer patients at UCLA Medical Center. She supervised Volunteers answering the Cancer Counseling hot line at UCLA’s Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center and facilitated Art Therapy groups at Pinegrove Psychiatric Hospital. She used Art Therapy in her private practice.   Regardless of how busy she became however, Marjory always found time for “making things”. Eventually she became seriously focused on her artwork once more. At present she still facilitates support groups for Seniors who have lost a spouse for Hospice of the Conejo in Thousand Oaks. But she is spending more and more time in her Malibu studio where her parent’s easel and drawing table are reminders that art has always been her home.