Alma Cielo is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator focused on community art projects and earth wisdom.  As a ceramicist Cielo is inspired by the element of clay, its relationship to fire, and the significance of what survives through the ashes.  She is a storyteller and improvising solo violinist who also plays the sarangi, an ancient Indian instrument.  As an arts educator with Norma Coombs Elementary School for seven years, she created community projects including the large-scale mosaic "Tree of Exuberant Life."  Cielo lost her Altadena home in the Eaton Fire and is currently living at the historic Zorthian Ranch with her husband Paul Livingstone, as they are planning the remediation of the land and home rebuild.  She has a passion for teaching integrated arts with mindfulness, music, movement/dance, and the sharing of personal stories, and believes that the arts are an important path for healing, developing resilience, recovering from trauma and building community.  Cielo is a graduate of Yale University in Anthropology with heritage studies in the Philippines.