Frank Hernandez was born in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico and is an accomplished musician, composer, teacher and singer. He came to the United States for an elementary and high school education and after graduation, was accepted to the international traveling company Up With People. His time in Up With People was spent performing throughout the US and Europe spreading a message of multi-cultural diversity, acceptance and community service. After this experience Frank was asked to help with the development of Arts for All, Inc. and is now the organization's Assistant Director. Music has always been at the center of his life and Frank has written the score for Arts for All's productions of Where the Wild Things Are, Antigone, The Hobbit, Babe the Sheep Pig and Arts for All’s own Aladdin. He's also music director and vocal coach for all of Arts for Alls musical productions. He has traveled extensively as a motivational speaker while sharing his music. Governor Janet Napolitano appointed Frank to the Board of Directors of Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Mr. Hernandez is currently the president of the Children's Music Network and the Music Director at Enchanted Hills Baptist Church. In 1997 he received a President's Citation for Volunteerism served on the President's Committee on Employment for People with Disabilities (1998), and was program chair for the National Council on Disabilities' Youth Leadership Program (1999). He was chosen by the U.S. Department of Health to present in Mexico City at a conference in 2002. When he is not tied up with professional endeavors, Frank loves playing with his children Anthony and Maya and being a DJ on weekends.

Hi, my name is Jasmine Berger I am the Adult Services Manager for the Day Program here at Arts for All. I have been involved on and off since the creation of the program twenty-three years ago. As the manager, I have been here for three years! I have a background in human services especially with at risk children. I also have done my field experience at an extensive outpatient counseling center for teens and adults recovering from addictions. My goal is to continue my education in counseling. Aside from enjoying the work I do with the adults that attend Arts for All, I love children and have three boys of my own. If you are interested in visiting the Day Program please feel free to call me, my contact information is provided on the website. Thanks for visiting our site!

Gale Thomssen is a graduate of San Jose State University. Before coming to Arts for All she directed an AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps*VISTA Program statewide in Nevada for four years. She served as a Health Advocate Program Director for Nevada’s primary care association, advocating, recruiting, training and supervising volunteers, VISTA and AmeriCorps members for 45 statewide sites including Tribal clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, non-profit and state agencies.

She developed and coordinated the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Nevada WISEWOMAN Partner Program statewide in cooperation with the State Health Division, utilizing VISTA members and volunteers to engage low-income women ages 40 to 64 to take control of their health through nutrition and exercise. She served as Tribal Liaison for 23 tribes and colonies for health & nutrition and has fourteen years experience as an Executive Director in non-profit preschool and day care centers.

She also served as the volunteer chair, for the first Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Northern Nevada Affiliate, Race for the Cure® in Reno & is co-founder, of Carson Advocates for Cancer Care (CACC)

Ms. Thomssen was awarded and recognized as Carson City Chamber of Commerce 1997 Citizen of the Year; JC Penney's Golden Rule Award; the 1996 Amdahl Outstanding Volunteer Director Award and American Cancer Society Volunteer of the Year.

Harriett Morton is an accomplished fine artist and sculptor for over 35 years. She has created and sold original paintings and objects of art to collectors throughout the world. Her visionary artwork has been published and featured in commercial publications (Spectrum and Art and Fantasy). Before coming to Arts For All, she taught visual Arts and ceramics to aspiring artists both young and young at heart, taught art and employed art therapy to terminally ill patients at Hospice of Sarasota, Florida. She holds masters certification in four different disciplines of Reiki healing. Presently she's Arts for All's resident Visual Arts and ceramics teacher engaging students in art theory, history, hand building, the wheel, and the basics of glazing and firing. She has refined L.A.T., implementing new resources and ideas, including computer capabilities, designing new headgear and innovative ways of communication between artist, tracker, and teacher. She's also conducted a program for new L.A.T. trackers and has expanded L.A.T. program to an off-site studio and gallery. Outside of Arts for All, she's presented classes in crystal lore and mythology and has taught various disciplines of Reiki healing technique and treatment.