She studied Audio Technology and Telecommunications at Indiana University and gained a Masters Degree in Recording Arts from UCD in 2003. She has worked for National Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and Post Modern Company. She is currently the Chair of the Audio Engineering Society’s Colorado Section. Her research includes work with Dolby Laboratories and Gates Planetarium in Denver. Most recently, she studied the link between audio quality and its impact on perceived video performance. As a Fulbright scholar, she will study the potential of Blu-ray audio discs as a delivery format for various types of high quality music recordings, especially those that are in surround sound.