Episode 29: Marcellé Boyd - Founder of "Once Upon a Voice"

Hey hey everyone!  Here is episode 29 of the show, and it features a great conversation between myself and a young lady who just started a school for folks with disabilities.  In this conversation we dive into instructional techniques for working with different levels of needs, the history and practice of Applied Behavior Analysis, songwriting as therapy, and many more topics.

My guest is, like me, a former student at Loyola University New Orleans, which is how we got connected.

Marcellé is a singer-songwriter, educator, and advocate based in Las Vegas. She is the owner, founder, and instructor of Once Upon a Voice, an online music studio that offers trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming education for singers and songwriters. Her work honors music as a form of self-expression and communication, supporting students of all neurotypes and experiences—including those shaped by trauma or disability. As someone who is both autistic and ADHD, she understands the profound ways music can support emotional regulation, healing, and identity. Whether guiding young musicians or launching advocacy initiatives like Voicelore—a nonprofit being developed to support survivors of gender-based violence through music—Marcellé centers her teaching on nervous system care, trust-building, and transformation through song.