Emily K. Grieves de Reyes Contla is an artist, healer, and certified Intentional Creativity® Teacher. She received a BFA degree in art from the University of Montana in 1993 and studied art history in Berlin, Germany, as a Fulbright scholar. Emily draws on her shamanic studies to explore symbolism, dreaming, and devotion in her artwork and teaches others how to incorporate healing intention in their visionary and creative practices. Emily makes her home with her familiy in Teotihuacán, México, where her paintings are influenced by the cosmological imagery of the ancient pyramids and her relationship with the Divine Mother. She is dedicated to honoring Mexico's culture and ancestral wisdom, the land of her family and her heart.