Tony(a) Lemos has worked as a community herbalist/educator in Western MA for over 25 years as director of Blazing Star Herbal School. She helps people connect with plants as allies for healing (physical / mentaland spiritual). 

Additionally she has taught workshops on place based art and book making  regionally including at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University, The New England Botanical Garden, The Provincetown Art Museum, Books in the Woods, and Shepherd and Maudsley Printmaking. She has shown her art work in several local galleries both solo and in group shows, and has curated several shows locally. She is a studio monitor and on the faculty at Zea Mays Printmaking and is currently in an MFA program through Clark University.