Dafni Kalafati is an art therapist, a documentary filmmaker, and the founder of Amaka, an NGO which runs various programs on social help catering for underprivileged urban groups. One of her recent projects was to design a two year art therapy program that was implemented in the women’s detention center of Thebes, near Athens. The program was part of a larger European project called “PAROL – Writing and Art Beyond Walls Beyond Borders”, which included the cooperation between 13 prisons in Europe. She worked in the public mental institution Borda as an art therapist, using video and photography as therapeutic tools. Ms. Kalafati studied intercultural education and photography and holds an M.A. in art therapy from the School of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina.