Hometown: Woodland Hills, in the San Fernando Valley. I’m like totally a Valley girl!
Musical influences: Definitely the Golden Oldies. I taught myself how to harmonize by singing along with MoTown’s background singers, and I found my love for pop and rock music with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
Instruments you teach and play: Piano, voice, ukulele, violin, and viola.
Favorite non-musical hobby, past-time or activity: Cooking at the gourmet level. The bigger the challenge and the more complicated the recipe, the more I love it. My favorite dish so far that I’ve made is butternut squash tacos. So delicious!
Favorite food: I’m always a sucker for a really good almond milk latte… Heaven in a cup. 🙂
Fun/random fact about you: I love learning exotic languages! I took a year of Finnish when I was at UCLA – just for fun. Sadly, all I remember of it now is “Hei! Mita kuuluu? Hyvaa, kiitos,” which means, “Hi! How are you? Good, thanks!” But if I ever get to go back to Helsinki again, I will be able to have a very pleasant conversation with the people there!