With a growth mindset, I endeavor to nurture students’ coping skills to deal with the anxiety that arises from the slow learning curve of learning to play an instrument. I strive to create a positive, relaxed, and comfortable environment in which students can grow, learn, feel safe, respected, unafraid of making mistakes, and valued for their differences.

I have built my career as a professional musician in a wide variety of performing arts: film scoring, theater plays, musicals, dance theater, music shows, and concerts, playing in a wide spectrum of bands, ensembles, and orchestras of different music genres. This has earned international awards, including a recent recognition from the City of Los Angeles for my contribution to the arts. As a musician, I also enjoy learning from and connecting with other colleagues from a variety of ethnic or national backgrounds, finding unity through our common language. 

Today, with more than 25 years of experience as a professional musician, and fourteen years as a music educator, my wish is to share this passion for music and all its benefits to future generations. My ultimate goal is for students to feel they are a part of a bigger community and embrace their own identity through the arts. As an immigrant myself, I understand what it is to embrace many cultures, promote tolerance and cultural awareness, and build community through the arts. We celebrate the richness of our diverse cultures through the language of music. Through music education and performance, I want to send another message to the world, not just in the music itself, but in the unity that music helps us to embrace.