Wellness


A Wellness Coach helps their clients feel and function at their best. At MTCA, our Wellness coach Erika helps her students improve their relationship to food, movement, stress, sleep, performance anxiety, social media, and social circles.  All of these areas greatly impact mental health and wellbeing, especially for modern day teenagers. By establishing a safe and supportive space, Erika helps her students develop a deeper understanding of the habits and choices that will improve their energy, balance and quality of life. All of these tools are particularly helpful, and often necessary, in this busy chapter of auditions and applications. Avoiding burnout and overwhelm is key. Prioritizing wellness is invaluable- as a human, as a busy teen, and especially as a performer.

Meet Our Wellness Coach

Erika Strasburg

Wellness Coach

BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon
Institute for Integrative Nutrition

She/Her


Erika is a proud graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC. She has performed in theaters all over the country, and deeply understands the physical, emotional and mental requirements of the entertainment industry. She has merged her experience as an actor with her passion for health and wellness, and is a Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach to performers of all ages. She is also a certified adolescent mental health coach and a DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) Skills Coach. Erika works specifically with the MTCA students to better understand performance anxiety, energy and nutrition, healthy communities, and the busy life of an auditioning student. By establishing a safe and supportive space, Erika helps her students develop a deeper understanding of the habits and choices that will improve their energy, balance and quality of life. She guides her students to find their own empowered voice, and to feel calm and strong in mind and body- now and in the exciting chapters to come. She has clients on Broadway, in film & TV, and in various schools around the country. She’s here to help every MTCA student live and perform at their best!