Doctor of Musical Arts candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Master of Music in Jazz Piano Performance, Texas Tech University; Bachelor of Music, Commercial Music, University of Texas at El Paso; performances with Tom Harrell, Allen Vizzutti, Jaleel Shaw, Jiggs Wigham, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Winnipeg Jazz Festival, Champaign-Urbana Jazz Festival, Orcus O Dis (metal band), accompanied artists such as Joe Ely, Mac Davis, Ian Moore, and Il Divo; Doctoral Fellowship and instructor of group piano and jazz keyboard, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana; sponsored by the Promising Artists of the 21st Century Jazz Program to travel to Colombia as a member of the UTEP Jazz Quartet to perform and give masterclasses; recipient, 2015 Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award at the University of Texas at El Paso.