My name is Bianca, and I am a Sacramento local, music educator, and musician in the greater Sacramento region. I have been teaching privately for over 15 years, and previously taught 7 years in the San Juan Unified School District, where I taught General Music (K-5 classroom), 2 levels of band, and choir. I took a 5 year break from the school system to focus on growing my private studio, my work in the arts nonprofit field, and my work as a professional musician. Thanks to CLARA,  I have returned to my second home: the music classroom! This is my 3rd year working with CLARA and teaching in SCUSD and now NUSD.

I received my first college degree in Music Performance from American River College, and followed it quickly with a Bachelor's of Music in Education from CSU Sacramento. While in college, I took as many of the music classes as I could in order to receive a diverse education - classical studies, jazz studies, choral studies, voice lessons, piano pedagogy, clarinet and bass clarinet studies, and even went for a secondary degree in Foreign Language Studies, with concentrations in Spanish, Italian, German, and American Sign Language.

Outside of teaching, I play with the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band (principal clarinet), and just started my Master's in Education. I have a passion for community music, and believe that access to music, quality music performances, and music education should be available to all. I am the former Vice President of the board for the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band, former board member for the Sacramento Valley Symphonic Band Association (I just stepped down from the board after 10 years of service), and am the current regional membership coordinator for the state of California for the Association of Concert Bands.

Completely outside of music, I enjoy spending time playing games, reading and collecting books, dancing, traveling, and working on puzzles.