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Associate Director, Vocal Faculty | Community Music School of Springfield
Panelist | Culture as Prescription
Vanessa Ford is a vocalist and artivist. She is an enthusiastic and fierce advocate who focuses on empowering the vulnerable and underrepresented. She is a member of Public Health Institute of Western MA Youth Mental Health Advisory Coalition and a founding member of the New England Teaching Artist Collaborative Steering Group. Vanessa currently serves as Associate Director and voice faculty member of the Community Music School of Springfield. She is the Director of CultureRx Springfield which improves well being through socially engaging arts & culture experiences and Trust Transfer Project, a community based initiative partnered by Springfield Cultural Partnership and CMSS that mobilizes artists to help improve community health and wellness through the arts. She hopes to bring healing through music & arts and building awareness of the influence it has in our lives. Her desire is to serve the community and to encourage others to continuously find wellness through artistic experiences.
