Anthony Borzi, MA, MT-BC is a board-certified music therapist. Anthony completed his Bachelor’s of Music at Ohio University in Athens, OH and Master’s of Arts in Music Therapy at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ. Anthony currently serves as the Student Coordinator for the Association of Ohio Music Therapists.

Anthony currently works as a music therapist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, serving patients and families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Transitional Care Center. He has experience working with hospitalized children across the medical center, as well as working inpatient with children and adolescents facing mental health challenges. His main interests lie in infant neurodevelopment, child and adolescent mental health, family systems, and how they intersect in the pediatric medical setting.

Anthony’s interests in DEI have stemmed from his own experiences navigating the world as a gay man. He strives to embrace the discomfort, knowing that there is always something to learn and grow from in this work.

Outside of music therapy, Anthony enjoys spending time in the kitchen, experiencing nature as much as possible, and taking pictures with his other people’s pets.

Chelsea Mabes, MA, MT-BC is a board-certified music therapist from Sidney, Ohio. Chelsea completed her Bachelor of Music at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio; her Master of Arts in Music Therapy at St. Mary of the Woods College in Terre Haute, Indiana; and is currently a music therapy doctoral student at IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana. Chelsea has been a member of AMTA and GLR since 2010 and is currently serving as Chair on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee of GLR as well as a Council Coordinator for Association Services on the AMTA Executive Board.

Chelsea is employed as a music therapist at Mainstay Music Therapy in Indianapolis, Indiana. She supports children, adolescents, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, mental health disorders, trauma, and individuals in hospice care. She is an advocate for trauma-informed care in the music therapy profession, which was her master’s thesis topic. Chelsea is also passionate about education and she has supervised numerous practicum students and interns as a professional.

Chelsea defines her work as person-centered with an eclectic approach that is trauma informed. Chelsea believes in a reciprocal relationship between the person-supported, the therapist, and the music as a meaningful and collaborative experience. Safety, respect, dignity, and support are essential elements to Chelsea’s clinical work.

Chelsea enjoys golfing, Harry Potter, anything that is the color pink, and her cat, Wilmer.

Angeline McRoberts, MT-BC (she/her) identifies as a second-generation Asian-American, middle class, agnostic, neurotypical, heterosexual, cisgendered woman from Texas. She received a BS in Music Therapy from Texas Woman’s University. Since 2019, she has been a full-time music therapist for Opportunities for Positive Growth, Inc. (OPG) in Fishers, Indiana. She currently supports adolescents and adults with ID/DD through the Indiana Medicaid Waiver and supervises music therapy interns. She also serves as the co-chair for OPG’s Diversity Alliance, a committee responsible for supplying diversity, equity, and inclusion resources and feedback to the company. She is set to be the GLR Treasurer in 2023 and is a new member of the GLR’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Committee.

In her spare time, Angeline enjoys salsa dancing, snacking on cheese, and snuggling with her cat, COBRAXYS DYNAMA BOAT.

Daniel is a white, Jewish, non-binary, middle class, disabled, neurodivergent person socialized as a man living in Minneapolis, MN. Daniel has been a music therapist since 2013, working with people across the lifespan. During their master’s degree at Colorado State University, Daniel engaged in coursework for a certificate in gender, power, and difference. This coursework grounded Daniel in feminist theory, and continued a journey of self-discovery of their participation in harmful structures of whiteness and patriarchy (among others). This led to writing and presenting on white supremacy in music therapy, which Daniel has presented at the AMTA national conference, the South Africa world congress, and on which they have provided trainings for the Minnesota, California, and Manitoba state/province organizations. Daniel has also provided lectures to classrooms on white supremacy in music therapy. Outside of academia they have led book clubs and groups for music therapists and non-music therapists seeking to dismantle internalized white supremacy. Currently, Daniel is the owner of Etude LLC, a music therapy practice focused on working with queer people in Minnesota.

Beyond work in the music therapy community, Daniel is a community member living two blocks from George Floyd Square. Being involved in this space has given them the opportunity to make connections between theory-based knowledge on white supremacy and the lived experiences of their neighbors. Daniel’s intention of joining the GLR DEI committee is to take their knowledge on theory and bring it into praxis within music therapy structures.

Rachel Yurik, MT-BC, is a Board Certified Music Therapist. Rachel currently works as a Music Therapist at Masonic Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving patients and families on a variety of units from the NICU, the PICU/CVICU, the Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit, and the Medical/Surgical Units. She has interest in supporting development and family interactions in the hospital environment, promoting coping skills and connection through music, interdisciplinary work, trauma-informed care, and anti-oppressive practice within the medical setting.

Rachel is particularly passionate about DEI work focusing on accessibility, education, collaboration, and disability justice. Outside of music therapy, Rachel loves to crochet, hike, and play trivia.