As a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar she completed her Masters of Music at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, later receiving her doctorate from the Ohio State University. As a performing artist, her creative activities are currently focused on recording flute music by two emerging 21st century Slovenian composers, Blaž Pucihar and Črt Sojar Volgar. She recently received an Arts & Humanities Institute Fellowship for the 2012-2013 academic year to travel to Slovenia to complete this project.