Doctor of Musical Arts candidate, University of Miami (Henry Mancini Fellow and teaching assistant for the Donna Shalala Musicreach program); Master of Music, University of Texas, El Paso; Bachelor of Music, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; studies with Igor Zubkovsky, Loran Stephenson (as a member of the National Symphony Youth Fellowship Program), Anthony Elliott, Zuill Bailey, Ross Harbaugh; performances with the Interlochen Center for the Performing Arts, Meadowmount School of Music, Sitka Alaska Cello Seminar Festival, Adrian Symphony (MI), Alexandria Symphony (VA), El Paso Symphony, Las Cruces Symphony; private teacher; member, American String Teachers Association, D.C. Federation of Musicians.