A Valley teenager is helping others understand the importance of emotions and healing — one stitch, brush stroke or fold at a time.

Zara Pearce has built an organization in just a few months that offers an outlet for the community to learn and get creative. She also recently snagged a grant from the Dragon Kim Foundation that will allow her to host more free events for kids across the Valley.

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Arts Healing Hearts is hosting dozens of kids this weekend at the Appaloosa Library for free, teaching skills in five different arts — sculpting, origami, sketching, water painting and crochet — that provoke emotional positivity and coping mechanisms to deal with stress, grief, negative emotions and more.

Learn more about the teen's impactful work in the video player above.