Arrowyn Ambrose (she/her) is a Level III Certified Facilitator and Certification Trainer of The Resilience Toolkit. She is certified as a Teaching Artist, Race Equity and Healing Justice Facilitator, Circle Facilitator, Decolonizing Recovery, and Harm Reduction. She has a degree in liberal studies from Antioch University with an emphasis on creative non-fiction, addiction studies, and urban justice. She is working on an MA in Depth Psychology and Creativity at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is also creating a collaborative circle of artists called Movers & Mythmakers as a non-profit that encourages collaboration and play. Arrowyn is a mover and storyteller passionate that nourishing accessible movement is medicine and storytelling needs to be ethical, trauma-informed, and resilience oriented.
Arrowyn began her career working in arts based non-profit organizations in Los Angeles offering a variety of creative writing programs to elementary, middle, and high school students. Other work took her into maximum security prisons, probation camps, and social justice organizations to work with marginalized and often forgotten stories.
At Lumos Transforms, Arrowyn specializes in empowering individuals in mentorship as a member of the trainer team for The Resilience Toolkit Alliance Facilitator Certification Program. Through her work, Arrowyn delves into the profound intersectionality of play-based workshops grounded in nourishing movement, personal narrative, trauma-informed principles, and social justice. This integrated approach serves as a powerful catalyst for healing and fosters creativity among participants, empowering them to thrive in their personal growth, professional development and well-being.
She is a single mother, writes creative nonfiction, loves taking dance classes, and dreams of tsunamis most nights. Lately, there has been a surfboard, which she feels is promising.