The Journey Begins

Welcome!

My name is Celina, I’m a music therapy major at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. This blog was built to gather a collection of ideas and topics related to music therapy and my journey as a student. My hope is simply to inspire others, whether they are pursuing music therapy as a career or are just curious as to what we do.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

The journey I’m on started 7 years ago when I first heard about music therapy. As a freshman in high school I knew that music was my passion, the human brain was fascinating to me, and above all, I wanted to help people. My mom suggested I google careers in music and the brain to see what options were out there for me. When I found music therapy in a list of different careers, I knew I had to learn more. I visited the American Music Therapy Associations website (www.musictherapy.org) to learn more about what music therapy is and that is how this love story begins.

Ever since then, I have been in love with music therapy. Junior year of high school I started researching what steps I had to take to become a music therapist and subsequently, schools that provided an undergraduate degree in music therapy. Senior year, I was accepted into UMKC’s music therapy department and was beyond thrilled. Choosing UMKC was the first big step I took on my journey and it was a daunting choice. I remember being terrified that I would pick the “wrong” school but I went with my gut and am so grateful I did. I realize now that there was no “wrong” choice, if I had picked a different school it may have led me down a somewhat different path but that path would still lead me to studying what I’m passionate about.

I’m now in my second semester of my third year at college and it has been an amazing, sometimes stressful, but constantly rewarding journey and I can’t wait to see where I go next.