Laurelle Cartwright completed her Equivalency and Master of Music Therapy degree with an emphasis on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. She acquired her bachelor’s degree in Music Education from The College of The Bahamas in Nassau, Bahamas. There, she was awarded the Bachelor of Secondary Music Education Leadership Award. Laurelle was a music teacher for 5 years in The Bahamas where she has taught at the primary and junior high levels. She is completing a Music Therapy Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Ohio.