Mary Ann is an artist, an oil painter and photographer, as well as a Bon Vivant, an animal lover, and a fun expert! She also spends a great deal of her time being a personal assistant to an eminent psychiatrist, as well as caring for two African Grey parrots and two geriatric Pomeranians! She divides her time between Manhattan and Shelter Island, NY, where she runs an Artistic Retreat. She is a newcomer to the field of storytelling, but after taking Terri Mintz’s Story Telling Workshop, has decided to share one of her most memorable adventures, her Burning Man experience!