For over 30 years a maintained a diverse studio with the most precious 6 y.o . to graduate college level students. My students have won national recognition, and many are now faculty at conservatories, colleges, and successful private studio teachers. in 2023 I was invited to join the piano faculty at the University of North Texas were I teach mostly graduate seminars and courses in piano pedagogy.

In 2015, I received the prestigious University of Texas Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award "In honor of exemplary commitment to positively affecting the lives of undergraduate students through teaching excellence and instruction innovations, and in recognition of a promising future of continue distinctions."

In 2019, I was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at UTEP.

In 2022, I received the Bonnie Brooks Professorship in Music at UTEP.

I strongly believe in engaging with the community, sharing my art with the underserved population. I have received, for the past 14 years, grants from the City of El Paso Museum and Cultural Affairs Department through the Texas Commission on the Arts, to perform at detentions centers, schools, shelters, libraries, etc. In 2018 I received the Juvenile Justice Center Coin Award for my service to the community.

I am very proud of the state-of-the-art, $250,000 Digital Keyboard Lab DKL, I designed and acquired through a grant from the Brown Foundation Inc. of Houston. This lab in unmatched by any other piano lab in the world, according to colleagues and piano dealers. It incorporates the latest technology and teaching aids including wireless connectivity, audio and visual equipment. The lab was upgraded in the spring of 2019.

I am frequently invited to present masterclasses and clinics at national and international conferences and universities in Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Serbia, Turkey, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Taiwan, and throughout the USA.

I am a frequent adjudicator at national and international piano competitions and festivlas.