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I am a Fulbright Scholar, and graduate of the CUNY Graduate Center Baccalaureate Program with a B.S. in American Song Studies. In 1996 I began a project as archivist and performer of the body of work of June Christy, a jazz artist who sang from the late 40’s - 60’s. I developed a cabaret act that combined the music and biographical information about her life and times. With grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Puffin Foundation and NY City Councilman Ken Fisher, I refashioned my “act” of jazz and pop standards into “Songs for Seniors,” a participatory music outreach program I performed at nursing homes and senior centers. I translated what I did with seniors to teaching children and worked nine years as an arts educator (singing, music culture and its appreciation) teaching children from nursery school to eighth grade. I also received funding from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Fund to create a music program for children and seniors to sing together. In 1999 I entered the CUNY BA/BS program because I decided to formalize my knowledge and training for my teaching career. I also wanted to explore in a scholarly way a great love, American song and its music.I have juggled wifehood, motherhood, acting, singing and office jobs, restaurant/catering services and even worked several years as a pastry chef/baker at a French bakery. My varied work history has served me well in my writing and research projects. I'm an excellent cook, especially interested in the celebratory foods of diverse cultures: my mother’s Puerto Rican cuisine, the French-Canadian baking of my father’s mother and the Italian/Sicilian foods of my husband’s family. Cooking touches taste and memory, as well as feeding our hunger. It connects us to childhood, to ancestors and to heritage. It is one more aspect of cultural identity that has informed and enriched my work as a performer, educator, writer and scholar.

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