Music Therapy Bio

Patricia Zarate graduated with the first generation of music therapists from Berklee College of Music in 1999. She has worked in music therapy since then with all ages and populations, and has been an avid advocate of music therapy in Latin America and within the Latinx diaspora. She has published about music therapy in the Journal of Medicine of Chile (2001), Journal of Pediatrics of Chile (2002), Journal of Medicine of Panama (2013), Harvard Revista (2016), Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy (2022), among other journalistic publications in periodicals of Panama. She co-founded the Latin American Music Therapy Network (LAMTN) in 2012, founded the Latin American Music Therapy Symposium in 2013, the Center for Music Therapy of Panama in 2015, the Global Music Therapy Center in 2020, and the Music Therapy Center of Chile in 2024. She currently directs the Master in Global Music Therapy (GbMT) in Panama, serves as President of the Music Therapy Association of Panama (APAMU), Vice-President of the Latin American Committee of Music Therapy (CLAM), and is part of the faculty of Berklee College of Music's Music Therapy Department in Boston, MA.

Patricia Zárate se graduó con la primera generación de musicoterapeutas de Berklee College of Music en 1999. Ha trabajado en musicoterapia desde entonces con todas las edades y poblaciones, y ha sido una ávida defensora de la musicoterapia en América Latina y dentro de la diáspora latina. Ha publicado sobre musicoterapia en la Revista de Medicina de Chile (2001), Revista de Pediatría de Chile (2002), Revista de Medicina de Panamá (2013), Harvard Revista (2016), Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy (2022), entre otras publicaciones en la prensa de Panamá. Co-Fundó la Red Latinoamericana de Musicoterapia (LAMTN) en 2012 , fundó el Simposio Latinoamericano de Musicoterapia en 2013, el Centro de Musicoterapia de Panamá en 2015, el Centro Global de Musicoterapia en 2020 y el Centro de Musicoterapia de Chile en 2024. Actualmente dirige el Máster en Musicoterapia Global (GbMT) en Panamá, se desempeña como Presidenta de la Asociación de Musicoterapia de Panamá (APAMU), es Vicepresidenta del Comité Latinoamericano de Musicoterapia (CLAM), y es parte del profesorado del Departamento de Musicoterapia de Berklee College of Music en Boston, MA.