Lanea Collins is a multi-disciplinary artist, poet, teaching artist, and creative facilitator whose work centers art as a pathway to healing, connection, and transformation. She is the founder and creative director of Creative Healing Solutions LLC, a creative arts-based foundation offering trauma-informed, expressive arts experiences for individuals and communities. Lanea also serves as Creative Director of the Teaching Artist Hub, supporting artists and educators through professional development and collaboration. Her leadership extends to advocacy as a board member of the Middletown Racial Justice Coalition, where she contributes to community-centered equity initiatives. Drawing from lived experience and professional practice, Lanea designs workshops and programs that uplift under-voiced stories through poetry, theater, movement, and visual storytelling. Her work prioritizes women, youth, and collective healing, honoring creativity as both medicine and movement. Lanea sits on many various boards that support artists, women, authors and racial equity.