Patricia Zarate Perez is Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music.
She has worked for over 20 years as an advocate for music therapy in Latin America and the world. She trained with the first generation of music therapists from Berklee College of Music.
In 2011, she founded the Latin American Music Therapy Network in Boston.
In 2013, Perez founded the Latin American Music Therapy Symposium in Panama City, Panama.
In 2015 she founded the Music Therapy Center of Panama.
She currently serves as the President of the Music Therapy Association of Panama (APAMU) and Vice-President of the Comité Latinoamericano de Musicoterapia (CLAM).
Patricia Zarate de Perez is Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music.
She has worked for over 20 years as an advocate for music therapy in Latin America and the world. She trained with Nordoff-Robbins.
In 2013, Perez founded the Latin American Music Therapy Symposium in Panama City, Panama. In 2014, she founded the Latin American Music Therapy Network in Boston, and she founded the Music Therapy Center of Panama the following year. In 2017, she began the diploma program in music therapy with the University of the Americas (UDELAS) in Panama City, Panama, and in 2018, she founded the Boston Center for Multicultural Music Therapy in Milton, Massachusetts.