Professional Bio
Buffy is an innovative leader and Certified Addiction Professional (CAP) who blends a rich foundation in behavioral health, creative arts, and enterprise-level operations. As the founder of Sound Mind Creative, she designs and facilitates expressive modalities at South Florida behavioral health facilities. Her unique approach bridges clinical wellness with deep creative engagement to facilitate healing, cultivate community connection, and support sustainable recovery.
Buffy’s professional trajectory is rooted in a lifelong commitment to the arts and behavioral sciences. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from UTA while simultaneously performing, teaching dance, and working in accounting. Buffy later scaled operational and creative initiatives for iconic national brands, including directing large-scale event budgets and ad campaigns as the Sales and Marketing Manager for Hard Rock Cafe in Washington, DC. This, combined with experience as a talent buyer and business manager for a national live music venue and founding Zero Burn Entertainment, equips her with the financial acumen and operational strategy required to launch and scale community programs.
As a professional performer, yoga teacher, dancer, and published songwriter, Buffy intimately understands the therapeutic power of sound and movement. By leveraging this unique trifecta of clinical credentials, business expertise, and creative mastery, she is dedicated to building immersive, culturally current, and arts-driven wellness programming that inspires lasting recovery.