esteban roa

Esteban Roa is a Colombian American music therapist, sound meditation practitioner and certified mindfulness instructor with additional training in Reiki and Neurologic Music Therapy. Esteban specializes in creating therapeutic soundscapes that encourage self-discovery, human connection, and an overall enhanced sense of well-being.

After receiving his B.M. in music therapy from Berklee College of Music he completed his clinical internship with SONO working in the NICU, PICU, and oncology center at Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá and La Clínica de la Mujer. Afterwards, he went on to undergo his fellowship at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital where he also completed a mindfulness meditation training through their Mindful Awareness Research Center. Having later received his mindfulness instructor certification at MNDFL, Esteban now uses sound and music to make mindfulness accessible to others and also assists in therapeutic programming at Musical Health Technologies. He has led hundreds of sound meditations including at Spotify, The Panamá Jazz Festival, Where Are The Black Designers?, The Peninsula Hotel NYC, and various hospitals in South, Central, and North America. When he isn’t working with sound, you can usually find Esteban playing fetch or hiking with his adopted dog Mowgli.