Season 5. Ep.2 Jennifer Naa Ayorkor Koney- Art Therapist (Ghana)

Jennifer Naa Ayorkor Koney is an Art Therapist, educationist, and researcher with nearly eight years of experience working with children with special needs, survivors of trafficking and vulnerable populations in Ghana. She holds an MPhil in Art Education, with a research focused on children rescued from trafficking in the fishing industry on Volta Lake in Ghana and an MSc in Creative Art Therapy, which focused on engaging young women affected by sex trafficking and street life in Kumasi.

Her research and practice emphasize trauma-sensitive care, educational, special needs care and therapeutic interventions, and strategies to support the emotional and psychological recovery of survivors of trafficking, and children with special needs particularly through improving attention and executive functioning.

Jennifer is married to an amazing husband, who is a medical doctor in Ghana. They are blessed three beautiful children.