Theatre Teacher

Graduated San Diego State University with a BA in Music, Dance, Theatre. She has taught classes in music, theater, musical theatre, improv, vocal production, preschool and creative movement to kids ages 3 to 18. She sang in choirs from elementary school through college and has been in numerous shows. She began teaching in Solana Beach as "Rising Stars Studio." She was hired as the music teacher for Park Dale Lane Elementary School and was then hired as the theatre teacher at Encinitas Country Day School. She left the school system when her kids were toddlers and created "Mini Theatre Troupe." (Later changing the name to Music & Theatre Troupe.) She has directed hundreds of musicals & plays from mini preschool shows performing in a corner of the preschool classroom to big Broadway musicals performed on the big stage with lights, sound, backdrops, set changes, rotating stages, costumes, props, and live music. With years of teaching experience, she knows how to teach while keeping it fun and how to set her students up for success. It’s her mission of meeting kids where they are and keeping it meaningful and fun (& onstage) that sets the climate for MTT.