Established in 2022, The Heart Healing Foundation is led by a dynamic Executive Director and Board of Directors and supported by a compassionate team of volunteers. We celebrate the unique talents, passion, and diversity that each of our team members brings. Below, learn more about the wonderful people who make our foundation what it is today.
Dr. Marcia Martin
Founder and Executive Director
A Message From Our Founder
Dr. Marcia Martin is the Founder and Executive Director of the Heart Healing Foundation. She has a Ph.D. in Theology with a Master’s degree in Psychology.
Dr. Martin is an ordained Minister and Spiritual Empowerment Counselor, a published author, and a public speaker, who specializes in providing empowerment and spiritual enrichment support to individuals who have faced trauma and adversity.
Education Highlights
Ph.D. - Theology
M.Ed. - Masters of Educational and Developmental Psychology
BA - Education
Special Advisor
Darlene Williams, Ph.D.,
Trauma-recovery Specialist.
Dr. Williams is a licensed clinical psychologist with 35 years of experience [as of 2022] counseling others with a variety of issues. She has advanced training in forensic psychology, hypnotherapy, & equine-assisted psychotherapy, & largely utilizes transpersonal (including ecotherapy), experiential (e.g., equine-assisted psychotherapy, sand tray, play therapy), & CBT methods to address a variety of issues, across the lifespan (we treat ages 2-102). Dr. Williams treats individuals, couples, families, & groups with a focus on trauma, grief, & loss, dissociative disorders including DID, & couples’ issues. Through her involvement as cofounder and clinical program director of FL nonprofit, Equusolutions, Inc., Dr. Williams offers customized healing workshops & retreats for survivors, and loved ones, caregivers, partners, & therapists of trauma survivors to mitigate secondary traumatization, vicarious trauma, burnout, and/or compassion fatigue.
Special Advisor
Linda L Oviedo Ph.D.
Personal Empowerment Specialist
Dr. Linda L. Oviedo is a passionate serial entrepreneur, starting her first business at the age of 18. She draws inspiration from courageous women entrepreneurs in developing nations who make their mark in business despite challenges, as well as those embracing the digital marketplace by leveraging their personal and professional skills. Reflecting on her experiences, she recognized that women require support that goes beyond business; she understood the importance of nurturing not only her own personal growth, wellbeing, and lifestyle but also assisting other women who, like her, sought a holistic approach to these areas. This realization led her to create the Bud to Bloom Blog, a sacred space where women can unearth her best authentic selves and live her best authentic life with her transformative resources, tools, programs, and a supportive community of like-minded women to help her achieve wellness, abundance, and success daily on her terms.
Board of Directors
Marcia Martin, Ph.D., President
Tritia Le Razon, Treasurer
Evan Martinez, Secretary
Dale Reinhold, Member At-Large
Helen Mathis, Member At-Large
Charvelle Holder-Dobard, Member At-Large
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
— Carl Jung
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