I started taking piano lessons when I was just six (6) years old.  I studied at Settlement Music School in Abington, Pa. and was trained in classical piano, but have branched out and enjoy playing all kinds of music.  A graduate of La Salle University, I come from a musical family, where instruments lay scattered around the living room, and in the evenings each person might pick up anything for a spontaneous "jam."

I have been giving lessons to both children and adults for many years.  I love to allow the interests and needs of my student(s) to guide the repertoire and areas of study.  I enjoy encouraging others, being a part of their evolution, and helping people go further than they thought they could go.

More than anything for my students, I want to get them to a place where they want to keep learning and growing and spread the "bug" for music with those around them.  My goal, as a teacher, is that lessons should encourage not just good form and practice, but also, the fundamental love and enjoyment of the process.  I believe that all kinds of art - music, visual, written, etc.- relieves stress and that art is a way to heal and grow as a person.

I enjoy playing music and leading sing-a-longs for senior citizens, painting, and occasionally creating murals within my community.  I enjoy gardening, the beach, and generally spending time and moving around outside.