I was curious about  understanding music by  the age of six. Began serious study of the violin with various members of the Philadelphia Orchestra from age nine. Graduated from Philadelphia High School for Girls with honors, earned a BA in violin performance from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts, and an MA in Education with Distinction from LaSalle University. I was invited by the NBPTS to benchmark the first national music certification test (one of twenty four selected from across the US) and was inducted in the 2007 "Marquis "Who's Who" of American Women. Across my  career as a professional violinist, I have performed with and toured across Europe with many distinguished artists.