Swara

Swara is an autistic Music Therapist, Expressive Arts Therapist, Singer, Vocal Teacher, Self-Advocate and a Grammy nominee. She did her Bachelors in Music Therapy at Berklee College of Music in the USA, and her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Expressive Arts Therapy at Lesley University. During her coursework, she had done 5 practicums:- special education, older adults, community, psychiatry and medical. She did her 9 month internship at the Community Music Center of Boston, where she worked with both neurodivergent children and adults. She worked as a Music Therapist at V-Excel Educational Center at Nashik, where she worked with neurodivergent children. As part of her internship for her Masters, she worked as an Expressive Arts Therapist intern at Jinshiksha, Borivali. She is very passionate about autism and mental health awareness. She is also a singer. During her time at Berklee College of Music, she was part of the Berklee Indian Ensemble where she worked with artists like Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal, Indian Ocean etc. and she also worked on an album with them called “Shuruaat” which was nominated in the Grammys. She was also a part of “The Lotus Sound”, a circle singing group, and she worked on an EP with them called “Keep Dancing.” She currently works as a Western Vocal Teacher at Spardha School of Music. Swara hopes to one day build her own center for neurodivergent children, where she hopes to do some expressive arts therapy, spread awareness about neurodivergence, mental health and expressive arts therapy, as she feels our country lacks awareness.