Music therapist at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, specializing in acute, inpatient psychiatric care with adults and children with a wide variety of diagnoses. Co-founder of UPMC National Roster internship site in collaboration with UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Presented at local, regional and national workshops and conferences. Certified drum circle facilitator. Co-developer of “Conscious Drumming.” Taught elementary school general music in a public school in New Jersey. Musician, songwriter, performer. Co-facilitator of Duquesne University Drum Circles.