Bella Payne is a trauma-informed voice teacher and the Founder of The Healthy Voice Community, with more than 30 years of musical training. Her credentials span massage therapy, yoga, nutrition, and sound healing, alongside nearly two decades of experience teaching music. Payne also served as a crisis counselor specializing in sexual assault and domestic violence, bringing an unusually deep understanding of the relationship between trauma and the body to her voice work. At 31, she experienced severe stage fright that temporarily silenced her completely, an experience that reshaped her entire approach to vocal teaching. Her practice centers on the belief that a healthy voice requires healing the nervous system, not just training the instrument.