About Me

I am a Native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley.  I graduated from Harlingen High School in Harlingen, Texas.  I attended the University of North Texas in Denton to study music. After college I moved to Houston and lived there for 24 years!  I moved to Austin in 2020 during the pandemic.  I am in my 30th year in music education! This is my 6th year teaching elementary music in Eanes.  I was the traveling music teacher between Bridge Point and Cedar Creek for 5 years and am happy to now be the full time music teacher at CCE!

I hold a Bachelors of Music in Music Education from the University of North Texas with my primary instrument being Voice.  For the first 24 years of my teaching career, I taught choral music in Klein ISD in the Houston area. I began teaching in 1996 as the Assistant Choir Director at Wunderlich Intermediate School and the following year became the Head Choir Director. In 2002 I moved across the parking lot to Klein Forest High School as the Head Choir Director and long enjoyed teaching the choir students of the Klein Forest community. Along with teaching choir to my high school kids, I also lead the Children's Choir at my church in Houston for 7 years. 

I have a wonderful and supportive family.  My partner Kathleen, daughters Emma and Hannah, and son James are the best!  We all now live in the Austin area and enjoy spending time together. My daughters are young adults and my son will be a 9th Grader at Lake Travis High School. I enjoy gardening and taking a spin class now and then! I also have some pretty awesome pets.  I have a dog named Owen, a dog named Clover and a cat named Rosco.