EDUCATION

North Carolina Professional II Teaching License (Music K-12), East Carolina University (2007)

Master of Music- Jazz Piano Performance, East Carolina University (2004) 

• Loraine Erb Keyboard Scholarship (2002)

• Graduate Assistant, East Carolina University School of Music - Greenville, NC (2002-04)

• Worked with the University Director of Marketing, Communications, and Fundraising

Bachelor of Music- Jazz Piano Performance. University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1999) 

• Minor in Psychology

• Dean’s List

• Century Scholarship

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

General Music Teacher, Apex Friendship Elementary School (2022-present) and Laurel Park Elementary School- Apex, NC (2008-present), Wintergreen Primary School and A.G. Cox Middle School- Greenville, NC (2004-2008), Rainbow Mountain Children’s School- Asheville, NC (2000-2002)

• National Board Certified Teacher (2009-present)

• Led music fundraisers in coordination with PTA, raised over $33,000 for Yamaha Music In Education (MIE) Piano Keyboard lab for the classroom (2010-14)

• Selected as Quaver Music curriculum pilot school (2016-18), toured headquarters in Nashville, TN

• Served on School Leadership Team as Department Chair (2010-12), PBIS Team (2008-12), School Improvement Team Representative (2011-12 , 2017-18, 2020-21), Wake County Public School System  Area Music PLT Leader (2014-15, 2020-22), Staff Development Chair for WCPSS Elementary Music (2022-24)

Coordinated and directed various school-wide and community performances and composer/artist residencies with PTA Cultural Arts parent representative