We call them farmers or gardeners. Some transform wood into houses or furniture. We call them carpenters. Some transform groups of individuals into functioning organizations. We call them leaders.
Parents transform their own cells into babies.
Then they transform babies into big people like themselves. In each case, matter is rearranged, and something comes out of the process that may bear little resemblance to the original materials. We can also be transformers of psychic or spiritual energy. We can take bad vibes and transform them into something more positive. By adolescence most of us have weathered numerous storms of negative emotion.