My Heritage is a hardcover, 100-page handsewn book with Coptic binding, that includes photographs, official documents, and stories about my family and ancestors. This includes "the Greeks" from my father's paternal side, "the Scots" (+Irish, German, Dutch) from my father's maternal side, and "the Nicaraguans" from my mother's side. 

My Life is a handmade, hardcover book (120 pages, 8.5"x11") with Coptic binding, that includes stories and photographs about my life. I cover the period from my birth in Managua, Nicaragua, to growing up in New Orleans, Louisiana (as well as other places like Texas, Florida, and California) to my current life in Baltimore. In the book, I write everything I can remember to help me honor my life, including my trauma and subsequent search for meaning.

Why am I Greek, Irish, German, Dutch, Scottish, Nicaraguan? is a 12-page accordion book (22"x17") with hand-sewn inserts that contains channeled messages about my heritage and why I was born into those specific cultural paradigms. 

From the book:

What’s important for me to know about my Greek heritage. What has been passed down to me from my ancestors? What karma am I clearing from that part of my heritage?

You feel the weight of that heritage, and it is deeply engrained in you in many ways. There is the sense of the Oracle. The experience of providing guidance through that Oracle. It is a part of your history and a part of you over time that has helped lead you to Jeffrey [my husband who channels], and the purity of his channel. This is in part because the burden of the imperfect channel, the selfish use of that channel by rulers and kings is a difficult karma.

It is in some cases an abuse of Divine power. In Greece, the philosophers, the scholars, all of these people have contributed so much to the world, yet so much of it has been applied in a false manner or misapplied or attributed to the wrong use or intention. So, this very rich tradition of spirit and heart in Western Civilization has been corrupted in many ways. And so, the clearing of this corruption is part of your collective experience, and the need to overcome any residue within the being. There is in the Greek and Roman culture, the idealization of beauty and the objectification, which is a karmic pattern that you have had to deal with in this lifetime.

There is also the misuse of resources and attribute of living off the work of those who have been oppressed. The idea of greatness or of the conquering, God-like hero has to be reconciled and integrated in that tradition. So, there is much. And we don’t say this to mean that for those with this Greek heritage that they’re unique or different than others. Every human being has similar patterns, similar experiences, similar attachments and expectations that must be overcome. For you in this life, the dominant way of connecting and experiencing that part of your heritage is through the energetic feeling and sense of the relatives you have had on the Greek side of your family: the pride, the arrogance, the orientation toward the material. These are big things to overcome. 

Inner Dimensions is an 80-page, handmade book with Coptic binding (8.5"x11") that includes poetry, art, and writing about the trauma/s I experienced, as well as the things that helped me on my healing/life journey. The book has an acrylic cover to symbolize the secrets I keep hidden behind glass so others can see that something is there, but they are not allowed to look inside (unless I invite them to do so).

Timeline: Infancy to Middle-Adulthood is a "spreadsheet" accordion book where I have input specific details to help me keep track of every year of my life: where I lived (we moved a lot), the school I attended, who I was in love with, where I traveled, as well as major events in my life. 

Book Specs: 18-page accordion fold with hard cover; 6 5/8" x 8".

My Family Tree is a diagram of family members and ancestors on all sides of my family, going back to the 1600s. The book combines an accordion fold with fold-up pages.

Book Specs: 14-page accordion fold (8 across and 6 down) with hard cover; 10" x 8.75".

My Parents is the story about how my parents met, what their life was like (from my perspective), why they decided to divorce (when I was 12 years old), and their life afterwards.

Book Specs: Softcover with hand sewn binding; 32 pages, 8.5" x 11", full color (archival pigment ink).

Divine Guidance includes messages that were channeled by my husband while he was in an altered state about my life and healing journey.  

Book Specs: Hardcover with hand sewn, Coptic binding; 140 pages, 5.5" x 8.5", black and white pages.

A deck of 52 cards with hand-drawn illustrations to help individuals explore their emotions.

Saachi, a young girl with autism, learns about emotions using "Today I Feel" cards created by Dr. Stelli Munnis. Saachi's mom, Melinda, is the founder of Darshan (www.livingdarshan.org), a nonprofit organization that recognizes the divinity in autism. 

Mindy describes how Saachi, her daughter who has autism, is learning about emotions using the "Today I Feel . . ." card deck.

Another video of Saachi, an autistic girl, learning about emotions. The deck was created by Dr. Stelli Munnis to help people explore their emotional lives and to be able to express themselves more fully. Each card is beautifully illustrated and comes in a pack of 52 cards. 

Eyes to See: U.S. Volunteers in Nicaragua includes over 150 pages of full-color photographs and stories about the experiences of 23 volunteers from the United States who travel to Nicaragua to help build a school with the nonprofit organization, Seeds of Learning. The book portrays everyday life in rural Nicaragua and the experience of those exposed to her lovely people and land.

In this local TV interview (WTAJ TV, State College, PA), Stelli Munnis and Veronica Winters discuss their art installation "Eyes to See." 

Journey with American volunteers as they complete construction on a new classroom at La Curva school near Matagalpa, Nicaragua, with the nonprofit organization, Seeds of Learning. See the sights and hear the sounds of this lovely, lush country. Artist Veronica Winters beautifully captures the heart of the land, the spirit of the people, and the excitement of the volunteers.

Visitors to the "Eyes to See" exhibition in State College, PA watch a video of US volunteers visiting and building a classroom in the rural part of Nicaragua. The video captured the beauty of the people and country, as well as the hardships endured by those who live in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. 

Visitors to the "Eyes to See" exhibition experienced entering and sitting inside a "home" made from cardboard, to mimic homes in Nicaragua that poor people make out of scrap metals and other found objects. Across the back wall of the cardboard house, images of actual homes and living circumstances were projected to give visitors a sense of what life was like for those people.