Q: What first inspired you to become a teacher? A: I didn’t initially plan on becoming a teacher. I was studying in the graduate program at UCSB, studying psychology, and I thought I wanted to go into...

“My favorite part of my music career is that music is my career. Being able to perform music outside of school, and educating kids for my job is, well, I can’t ask for anything more than that. I...

“I don’t think I have any regrets. I’ve definitely had regrets that I learned from, so the only big regret that I feel—if I had a big regret—would be something I didn’t learn from or something...