She has taught music theory, music history, and electronic music courses at Illinois Wesleyan University and music theory courses at Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her education includes undergraduate studies at the University of Missouri at Kansas City (B.M. â€˜98), and graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin (M.M. â€˜02) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (D.MA. â€˜09). Her music has been presented around the world by venues and organizations such as The California Ear Unit, Society of Composers, Inc., Texas Computer Musicians Network, The LaTex Festival, The Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, Electronic Music Midwest, ICMC, SEAMUS, Bourges, Elektrophonie, Third Practice, 60X60, The Electroacoustic Juke Joint Festival, New Music Forum, Pulse Field, and the Art of Sounds Festival at Belgrade, Serbia.