Mary Schinhofen

(she/her)
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Guest Blog Contributor

Bio

A native Pittsburgher, Mary Schinhofen was born and raised on the North Side. Mother of five children, seventeen years a teacher, and lover of bumblebees, she now lives in Bloomfield, where she paints, writes, participates in Osher courses, and sometimes bakes cookies.

Blog Posts

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How writing is healing a community of older adults in Pittsburgh

This first-person essay from Mary Schinhofen is part of a series on the importance of arts and culture as a strategy in health and wellness, published ahead of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s Policy and Action Roundtable focused on Social Prescribing on November 4.

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How writing is healing a community of older adults in Pittsburgh