BIOGRAPHY

Marie-Elizabeth Mali is a student in the MFA in Poetry program at Sarah Lawrence College. She was born and raised in New York City, with frequent trips to Venezuela and Sweden where most of her family lives. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin College in 1989 with a B.A. in East Asian Studies. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego in 1998 with a Master of Traditional Oriental Medicine degree. She is also trained in the " Falling Awake" style of life coaching. www.fallingawake.com

Marie-Elizabeth is a board member of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. This Chapel provides a permanent public exhibition of Alex Grey's most outstanding and widely appreciated works of transformative art that inspire a vision of reverence for life while revealing our interconnectedness and encouraging the spiritual awakening of each individual. For more information and to contribute: www.cosm.org

She has immense gratitude for all the teachers, in every aspect of her life, who have been so generous with their teaching and loving support.