Curriculum Vitae
Education
2024 MA, Art Therapy and Marriage and Family Therapy, Dominican University of California
2018 BA, Intensive Psychology and Art, University of California, Santa Cruz
Experience
Associate Therapist (AMFT, APCC)/Art Therapist (ATR-P), A New Hope Family Counseling
August 2024 – Present
Associate Therapist (AMFT, APCC)/Art Therapist (ATR-P), Watsonville Charter School of the Arts
August 2024 – Present
Mental Health Clinician Trainee, Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance, Inc.
August 2021 – June 2022
Mobile Art Teacher and Facilitator, Self-Employed
September 2018 – 2022
Manager, Wedgie Music Accessories
November 2018 – July 2021
Research Assistant, UC Santa Cruz Social Psychology Lab
January 2018 – June 2018
Member, Merrill Pottery Cooperative
September 2013 – June 2018
Mental Health Coordinator Intern, Willowbrook Residential Care
April 2017 – November 2017
Art Facilitator, Santa Cruz County Jail
April 2016 - June 2017
Art Teacher, Studio Sprout: Children's Art Studio and Discovery Garden
September 2015 – August 2016
Youth Programs Intern, The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
September 2014 – May 2015
Exhibitions and Publications
Restall, S., & Hinz, L. D. (2025). Art Therapy Assessment and Sense of Psychological Safety: Comparison of ETC and HFD Assessments. Art Therapy, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2025.2517434
Organized Chaos, A solo exhibition of abstract paintings, Fruition Brewing, Watsonville, February 2023
"Self Between the Lines." See, Be Seen, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, May – September 2018
"Ascend." Phantaura, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, May 2018
"Nostalgia." An interactive public art piece, Porter College Maker Faire, UC Santa Cruz, May 2016
"Self Between the Lines." Matchbox Magazine, 10th Edition (2016). Woodblock print.
Grants and Awards
2017 Irwin Project grant, University of California, Santa Cruz
2018 Chancellor's Award, Arts Division, University of California, Santa Cruz