Ariana Starkman

Ariana Starkman (she/her) began her journey with Mitsui Collective as a Serve the Moment Fellow through Repair the World before officially joining the Mitsui team in the spring of 2021. She graduated with a BA in a self-designed major called Theatre and Social Change, built towards understanding and conveying pressing social issues to hasten change through theatre, which also allowed her to study acting abroad in Moscow, Russia and Arezzo, Italy. She most recently lived in London, England for two years and recently returned to Cleveland, where she was born. Ariana has a certificate in Breath Facilitation through Our Breath Collective and studied Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy with Embody Lab. As an actor, she has recently appeared in productions at Ensemble Theatre and Cain Park Theatre.

Select Trainings and Study:

• Certified Breath Facilitator, Our Breath Collective

• 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training in Baptiste Yoga, Cleveland Yoga

• Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism, Resmaa Menakem

• Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate, The Embody Lab

• Trauma Basics for Youth Workers, Center for Adolescent Studies

• Intimacy Choreography Level 2, Intimacy Directors & Coordinators

• Mental Health First Aid

email: ariana.starkman (at) mitsuicollective.org