Melodie Hicks studied movement at the Ecole de Mime, Etienne Decroux. She studied sculpture and drawing at the Boston Museum School. She founded and directed the Belmont Children’s Theatre, conducted dozens of Artist-in-Residence programs in public schools, and has directed many theatre productions. She holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Harvard University, and a PhD from California Institute of Integral Studies. For 25 years, Melodie has been working as a professional development coach, to improve performance and sense of meaningfulness in work for McKinsey & Company, Harvard Business School, Google, eBay and others. Melodie’s passions are portrait drawing, sculpture, embodiment, design for learning, gardening, writing poetry and spending time with her daughters and grand children.