Accolades
Accepted to participate and present at the Texas Space Grant Consortium LiftOff program in Houston, TX June 2022
Selected as a presentor and mentor for Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Embedded Teacher Program 2022-2023
Presented at the Wisconsin Music Educator Conference October 2022
Accepted as an inaugural member of the Limitless Space Institute Limitless Educator Program 2022-present
Selected as a Space Foundation International Teacher Liaison 2023-present
Won 1st place in the Lowell Mason Music Education Advocacy Nation Competition January 2023
Presented at the Space Exploration Educator Conference in Houston, TX February 2023
Selected as a Solar System Ambassador through NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2023-present
Presented at the Space Foundation International Space Symposium April 2023
Recipient of the Wisconsin Kohl Fellowship 2023
St. Bruno was selected as a National Association of Music Merchants Best Communities for Music Education for the 3rd year in a row (2022, 2023, 2024)
Grand Prize winner of the Henry Ford Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator Award 2023
Selected to conduct the 2023 WELS Middle School Honors Band, featuring students from all over the Midwest
St. Bruno Choir Students were invited to perform for the 2023 Archbishop's Catholic Schools Dinner
Quarterfinalist for the Grammy Music Educator AwardÂ
Presented at the Space Exploration Educator Conference in Houston, TX on "Exploring Light Intensity and Distance Relative to Interstellar Travel"
Awarded the 2024 Music For All Advocacy in Action Award for Student Recruitment, Engagement, and Retention
Selected as a 2024 NOAA Teacher at Sea, working along scientific researchers in the oceans
Selected to receive an audio monitoring kit to participate in citizen science through a program with NASA that will record sounds before, during, and after the solar eclipse in April 2024
Awarded a 2024 AIAA grant to obtain Databot sensors and Sphero Indi robots for use in the music classroom. Students will be collecting data and learning to program robots!
Awarded a 2024 AFA Educator Grant to purchase databots for use in the music classroom. Students will be learning about frequency and amplitude of sounds in our school environments.
Selected as a 2024 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow through a partnership between National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions. I will be traveling to Antarctica in November of 2024.
Selected to co-present at Champions of Space 2024 on "Limitless Resources for Out of This World Learning."
Nominated as a Legacy candidate for the Grammy Music Educator Award 2024.