Advisory Board

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     Misty Marshall was born on a stage…well, almost! Being born into a performing family, Misty’s childhood was spent on the stage and in dressing rooms. She attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts for high school and went on to study at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NY on scholarship. She then went to Los Angeles to study at Salome Jens Actors Studio. She later went on to also study fire eating/breathing/dancing/manipulation, stilt walking, and trapeze at N.O. School of Circus Arts and aerial silks at Bridge for Dance in NY. She was a Hollywood semi-finalist on American Idol Season 2 and has original music released through Sony Records. She was a movie reviewer/celebrity interviewer for WWL and also a weekly AI Entertainment reporter for WVUE. She studied screenwriting and business at Tulane and Advanced Screenwriting and Humanities at UNO and has had over a dozen of her original works produced. Misty helped rebuild the post-Katrina Jefferson Parish Recreation Dept as the Youth Performing Arts Director. She also works within the school system to bring arts workshops with purpose into the class as well as with nonprofits to provide therapeutic arts workshops to those with special needs. She designs arts curricula with purpose by marrying storytelling techniques with modern psychology and neuroscience. Misty is currently the Executive Director of Empowerment thru Arts LLC, a member of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), and she sits on the Louisiana Lt. Governor’s Music Commission Advisory Board. 

     Billye Constance has worked in film and theatre for thirty years.  She studied acting at Lee Strasberg School of Theatre and Film in New York.  She studied screenplay writing and cinematography at New York Film Academy.

     She worked at Epic Productions NYC from 1994-2000.  There she produced fashion shows including Victoria's Secret and also began a production to showcase and interview a vast variety of new talented artists.

     In San Francisco she worked for The Latino Film Festival for two years.  She learned stop motion animation at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

     She has worked as a visual artist with set designers painting backdrops and lighting for theatre productions.  Billye returned to New Orleans and created a not for profit organization, New Orleans Foundation for the Arts, offering arts education for the community.  During that time she produced multimedia art fundraising events including a fashion show with Bebe and Rebirth Brass Band.

     After becoming a mother of her amazing children, she learned clowning and face/body painting.  She has clowned at Children's Hospital and the French Festival Her drawings have been featured in Fafa Fungus, a local underground comic.  She has written several short comedies about New Orleans culture and co-wrote a musical that is still in development.  She has most recently spearheaded the Drama Program at the International School of Louisiana, where she has written and directed historical fictions for the the program.

 "Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." -Aristotle. Self-awareness is the greatest gift we can give ourselves, this alone can be profoundly healing. Using a holistic therapeutic approach, I help guide you on your journey to self-exploration. My mission is to help clients achieve their goals in a safe, accepting environment through a collaborative effort. I work with all ages of individuals, couples and families on a variety of life challenges, including but not limited to anxiety, mood, trauma, relationship struggles, grief, low self-esteem, and challenges with adjusting to major life transitions.

I specialize in the bereaved population. I have extensive experience treating couples and families. I received additional education and training in Play Therapy as a means to meet children and adolescents where they are developmentally, and to provide clients of all ages with creative, alternative forms of expression through art and play.

My approach is an integrative approach, treating the whole person, supporting emotional, physical, mental, spiritual and relational health and healing. I have experience in the cognitive behavioral therapies, helping to replace thoughts, beliefs and behaviors that are no longer working with more productive ways of living. I operate from strength based, action oriented methods.

     Stephanie Green Osborne is the owner and lead meditation guide for Meditate New Orleans, a mindfulness company offering corporate guided meditation, weekly guided meditation and events surrounding Mindfulness, Gratitude and the Empowerment of Women. She is also the business end of Gallery Osborne, an art business encompassing the works of her husband of 21 years, Terrance Osborne. She is the proud mother of three kids: LT, Seth and Sydni. Stephanie has a degree in Psychology from U.N.O., and she loves to travel, read, exercise, spend quality time with loved ones and eat! She is a lover of fabrics and textures. Stephanie was named St. Charles Avenue Magazine’s 2018, Activist of the Year and 2016 Prix d’Elegance Woman of Fashion. Stephanie is a proud board member of Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) and is on the New Orleans American Heart Association's Passion Committee. At 41 years, she’s just beginning to discover her own personal power, and she’s loving it!

     Dr. Alessandro Rosiglioni is a lifelong learner.  Born in Italy, he traveled to the U.S. to attend Tulane University, where he earned a Masters Degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering.  Fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English, Dr. Rosiglioni has lived and worked all over the world, including at Goldman Sachs in New York and currently at Entergy in New Orleans.  He is also a professor at Tulane where he continues to share his passion for learning and teaching.  Dr. Rosiglioni is a student and teacher of Aikido, the martial art of peace, wherein he recently obtained his black belt.