Danielle Cameron
B.A. Liberal Studies, 2002
M.A. Psychology, Art Therapy with Mental Health Counseling, 2005

When she recommends Antioch to prospective students, Danielle Cameron says, "Antioch is the school for students who are independently motivated, prefer writing papers to taking lots of tests, are willing to stretch beyond their comfort level through experiential learning and don't mind having been transformed at the end of it all."

Before she entered the B.A. completion program at Antioch, Cameron says she was struggling with numerous life issues.

"I worked with Anne Harvey, doing some graphic work for a class she was teaching.... I was able to stretch creatively, which does a lot to motivate me as a learner.""I feel I was 'led' to Antioch by virtue of numerous unrelated encounters with people who knew Antioch one way or another," she notes. "The more I learned, the more I realized this was a school most likely to help me get where I wanted to go. For one thing, I could start by finishing my B.A., then they have this amazing Art Therapy graduate concentration that is very appealing, not to mention the only one of its kind in Washington."

Most faculty members were an inspiration to her in one way or another.

"That is saying a lot, considering I spent more than four years at Antioch as a student, through both the B.A. and M.A. programs. To me, Antioch's faculty is smart, professional, articulate, creative, funny, flexible, student oriented and more or less '12s' on a scale of one to 10. I did experience one or two less than stellar adjunct teachers, but to Antioch's credit, after student protest, they were not invited to return to teach, and in one case was replaced before the end of the class by core faculty."

One of her best memories – and one she is ever grateful for – was a B.A. class called "Science as a Way of Seeing," which, she says, reconnected her to nature in a profound and unexpected way.

During her B.A. program, she did independent study for one quarter, too.

"I worked with Anne Harvey, doing some graphic work for a class she was teaching (Adult Development) that I was also taking. I enjoyed the whole experience, creating graphic handouts depicting four developmental theories/theorists, plus creating a three-dimensional model to present to illustrate one theory. I was able to stretch creatively, which does a lot to motivate me as a learner," she says.

Today, Cameron loves her work as a creative arts therapist for the Auburn Regional Medical Center.

She says she couldn't have attended Antioch without the help of financial aid, but she has no qualms about the cost of her Antioch education.

"It is worth it," she says.

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