Donna Belt, founder of SpiritWorks, moved to Raleigh after living in Asia and Europe where she studied art, coordinated writing and creativity classes, and contributed to a number of intercultural, religious and hospice publications.

Donna views the creative process as a means to living in the moment, where limitations are unlearned, and illness and grief are gently healed from the inside. In September of 2008, Donna was ordained as an interfaith minister at the Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, CA.