June Maselli

June’s personal and professional journey was shaped by a passion for art and a commitment to lifelong learning. Early influences stemmed from her time as a student at the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, CT, and the Center for Creative Youth at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. These experiences opened the door to Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia where she studied textile design. 

Strong influences also included living in Ollantaytambo in the Peruvian Andes studying the indigenous weaving methods of the Quechua people. In the U.S., June also focused on community art in public spaces. She served as a supervisor in a transitional work program, supporting those moving from an institutionalized setting to a workplace setting through what is now known as East Street Arts in New Haven, CT. Over many years, for a half of each year, she lived and worked at a holistic studies center, working with people such as Jon Kabat-Zinn and Ram Dass. 

Over a five-year period June contributed art to 30 issues of Art Life Original Art Magazine, Communication for the Creative Mind, archived in such places as the Museum Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum. Later she won the Marshall Kuhn award in painting. From this body of work, multiple paintings were purchased for permanent display by the director of the Department of Neuro Molecular Psychiatry at Yale University. Before starting at Supported Living Group, June worked in the Department of Molecular Biology at Yale University where she used an electron microscope to generate images. Her degrees include an Individualized MA, thesis titled "Undoing the K(not): Self, Experience, Expression." This also includes an MA in Psychology and Counseling. As part of the latter, she worked as a Yale University Fellow in the Central Treatment Unit of the APT Foundation's Substance Dependence Unit. Her thesis for this degree is titled "The Treatment of Substance Dependence in Women with a History of Trauma."