Sharon Hicks, founder of Personal Vision, earned her MS in occupational therapy from Philadelphia University and holds a BFA from Tyler School of Art.

Early in her career Sharon studied at the Barnes Foundation and served as Assistant to the Director of Education. This experience hooked her on the concepts of "learning to see" and "seeing to learn."

For more than twenty-five years she has expressed her artistic vision through painting and exhibiting her work. As a former faculty member of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, she integrated meditation and holistic philosophy into drawing and painting classes.

Since 1994 Sharon has worked with five different optometrists. She draws on this experience, the Bates Method and her art and yoga background to provide a visual educational approach which empowers participants to explore their vision — what they see through their eyes, corresponding emotions and mind-body perceptions; to learn to use their eyes naturally and effectively.

Sharon's certificates include color light therapy, yoga teacher, yoga for the special child, movement for self-healing, Thai-yoga bodywork and Reiki.

Her recent work as an occupational therapist has focused on neurological rehab in adults and developmental delays in children. Her specialities include visual rehab for brain injury, yoga for Parkinson's and sensory integration for children.

Sharon's multi-disciplined approach continually evolves and successfully supports the vast capacities of the multi-dimensional person.

She is a professional member of the American Occupational Therapy Association, the Association of Vision Educators, and the College of Syntonic Optometry. Her articles on the topic of vision have been published in Yoga Living and New Visions magazines.