Sofia Heyl, MT-BC is a board-certified music therapist located in Houston, Texas. Sofia provides music therapy services at Alexander Jewish Family Service (JFS) to people of all ages with mental health diagnoses, to work on their therapeutic goals through music. She provides both individual and group music therapy services at JFS and in the community, provides educational presentations about music therapy, and also teaches private music lessons in her free time.
Singer, songwriter and motivational speaker on subjects of depression and recovery; physical, mental and spiritual health; and living one’s purpose.
Toni Hickman’s talent for adding poetry to a vocal beat nailed her a major record label and name before a strake and second brain aneurysm robed her of her voice. Her doctors told her she may never walk or speak again but when music is an ingrained part of your soul, it finds a way out – and it did.
Toni holds an Emmy Award for the song “Rising Phoenix” which she wrote the passionate chorus and her part of the lyrics. The song accompanies the closing of the Netflix film of the same name.
Dr. Hotez is an internationally-recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development.
He has emerged as one of the leading defenders of vaccines in America. As both a vaccine scientist and autism parent, he has led national efforts to defend vaccines and to serve as an ardent champion of vaccines going up against a growing national “antivax” threat.