Women's Leadership Studies; The Arts

• DTL, Bakke Graduate University, Dallas, TX 2017

• MA, Regis University, Denver, CO

• BA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Professional Experience: Dr. Maria Pompea was trained in and learned to love the arts as a child. She began her ministry training as a Young Life leader in the Boulder, Colorado, school system. In 1997, she developed a dance and arts ministry for a large church that led to the establishment of an arts nonprofit dedicated to utilizing the arts for community transformation.