NPNS Teachers

I have worked with children for the past fifteen years. I studied Music Therapy as an undergrad at Berklee College of Music in Boston and then did an eight month internship at a school for children with Autism just outside of Chicago. After becoming a board certified Music Therapist, I then worked in pediatric hospice as well as childcare centers on the East Coast creating curriculum and leading infant/toddler/preschool music groups. In 2014 my husband and I moved to Novato and I initially shifted to the other end of the age spectrum, first working as the recreation coordinator for the skilled nursing center at The Redwoods retirement community in Mill Valley, then as a Music Therapist in Hospice/end of life care. I missed working with children, so in 2016 I started to teach Music Together classes locally and began a master’s program at SFSU in Early Childhood Special Education. I completed the program in the summer of 2018, obtained my degree and teaching credential, and then in the fall celebrated the birth of my son Elliot who continues to teach me daily about early childhood development and the benefits of a play-based learning environment.