It was a great honor for me to receive this award. I had truly poured myself into serving the families in my care.

This is from the executive director of the Children and Family Resource Center. It was written right before I moved to Florida.

This is from the supervisor I had when working for Parents As Teachers of Henderson County, at the Children and Family Resource Center. It was written right before I moved to Florida.

This is from the supervisor I had when working as a Music & Movement Specialist for Child Care Resource and Referral, of Henderson County, at the Children and Family Resource Center. It was written right before I moved to Florida.

This is from the Dean of Academics at St. John's Episcopal school, where I worked for a whole school year as the Music Teacher and as an assistant to the VPK teacher. I quit working in order to study full time at FIU.

This is from Mrs. Stephen Scherker, whom I observed in the Spring of 2010 at Stirrup ES.

This is from Prof. Barry Bernhardt, my FIU internship supervisor during the Spring of 2012.

This is from Mrs. Julie Warren, my cooperating teacher during my elementary school placement as a Music Education intern.

This is from Mrs. Deborah Mar, my cooperating teacher during my secondary school placement as a Music Education intern.

This is from Dr. Cathy Benedict, my Music Education Professor and advisor during my senior year at FIU.

Photos and description of the March 17, 2012 Florida Grand Opera's "Read Along, Sing a Song" community program event. I uploaded this as a sample of my work.

This article is in Spanish, because at the time I was serving the Hispanic population in Henderson County. I was a certified PAT bilingual parent educator and the photo was taken at a parent workshop titled "Sing to Your Baby". In the workshop I encouraged parents to sing to their babies and toddlers in their native tongue - Spanish - and I taught them several age-appropriate songs and movements.

See pdf file regarding the newspaper article. I chose this picture because I am in an action pose and the adults that are participating are also in action and smiling. The workshop was successful and it was about music. Even though my job was not a musician's job I found opportunities to educate parents on the importance of offering their children early musical experiences.