President, Sydney Winders, MT-BC
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Region: Midwestern Bio: Sydney Winders, MT-BC is a traditional graduate student studying at the University Missouri Kansas City. Born and raised in St.Louis Missouri, Sydney is a midwestern at heart. She received a bachelor of music therapy from Drury University in 2020 and since then has worked full time in private practice settings. Sydney is passionate about serving the AMTAS community! |
President-Elect, Karina COlon
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Region: Southwest Bio: Hi everyone! My name is Karina Colon Fuentes, I am senior undergraduate music therapy student at Texas Woman's University. I am serving on the AMTAS board because I enjoy connecting with others and sharing the wonderful field of music therapy. I enjoy reading, baking, cuddling with my pet bunny, and occasionally I crochet |
Vice President, Gabriel Perez
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Region: Southeastern Bio: Hello! My name is Gabriel Perez, and I am a music therapy intern at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. I recently completed coursework at the University of Miami in May 2024. I am serving AMTAS because I want to fuel the pre-existing passion I have for advocating for and learning about music therapy. I look forward to meeting music therapy students around the nation, collaborating with such inspiring like-minded people, and contributing my honed skill set to an organization that cares so much about the future music therapists of the profession. In my free time, I love playing/watching sports like basketball, football, tennis, pickleball, racquetball, etc., budget traveling, and making LEGOs (my self-care). Excited for a great year as the AMTAS Vice President! |
Treasurer, MadisoN RobinsoN
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Region: Midwestern Bio: My name is Madison Robinson, I completed my coursework at the University of Kansas last spring. Starting in January I will be a Music Therapy intern at the St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center. I am serving on the AMTAS board because I really want to stay connected with fellow students while I am an intern. I am so excited to be treasurer! In my free time I love playing with my dog Fruitloop going to local concerts, and going to weekly trivia with my friends! |
Secretary, Mercedes Shook
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Region: Southwestern Bio: Hi everyone, my name is Mercedes Shook and I will be your AMTAS secretary this year. I am a senior at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. I’m super passionate about choir, social justice, reading, and crafts. I joined AMTAS because I want to be a part of the greater community and increase resources, amplification of student voices, and awareness for music therapy students everywhere. I'm so grateful and excited for this coming year. Please reach out if you ever need a friend. |
Parliamentarian, Naomi Davis, LPMT, MT-BC
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Region: Midwestern Bio: Naomi is a board-certified music therapist and Master's student at the University of Iowa. In addition to being a full-time student, Naomi also works for Music Speaks serving school communities in central Iowa. Naomi is a proud alumna of the CSU music therapy department, and following her internship worked in a private practice in Maryland for 2 years. Naomi is passionate about serving music therapy students through providing resource oriented programming that supports student development. She is grateful for the chance to do so on the AMTAS board. Outside of music therapy, Naomi loves writing and performing songs in the community, reading (anything she can get her hands on), and spending time on whatever body of water she is closest to. |
Past President, Micah Castillo, MT-BC
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Region: Southeastern Bio: Hello! My name is Micah (me-kah) Castillo. I am a board-certified music therapist at AdventHealth’s West Lakes Early Learning Center, where I work with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers full-time! I’m a Florida Native and graduated from Florida State University officially May 2023 (#GoNoles). During my undergrad, I had the honor to serve as Past-President and then President of both the SER-AMTAS and AMTAS boards from 2019-2023. I’m passionate about music therapy advocacy and connecting with students, and I’m proudly stepping into this new advisory role while being this e-board's biggest cheerleader!! I look forward to continue learning from, connecting with, and supporting AMTAS through all the new discussions, projects, and events this year will bring. Outside of music therapy, I enjoy soaking up the Florida sun (or wherever the trails take me), embracing my Filipino-American roots in the kitchen, and mending projects one puzzle piece at a time. |
Student Affairs Advisory Board Co-Advisor,
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Region: Southeastern Bio: Dr. Driscoll joined the faculty of East Carolina University in 2019. Her research investigates the use of music therapy for children with hearing loss and speech-language delays, understanding and improving music perception of adults and children with cochlear implants, helping music educators adapt to students in the classroom with hearing loss, and encouraging undergraduate research collaboration. In 2022, she created the SCALE (Student Collaboration Assessing Learning Experiences) Lab at ECU with her students. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Music in 2001 from East Carolina University. She received her Master’s degree in Music Therapy in 2006 and a Ph.D. degree in Music Education and Therapy in 2019 from the University of Iowa. |
Student Affairs Advisory Board Co-Advisor,
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Region: Southeastern Bio: Adrienne C. Steiner-Brett (Ph.D., Florida State University, M.M., University of Kentucky and B.A (music [flute], cognitive science) is an assistant professor of music therapy at East Carolina University. Her research interests include the use of music therapy to address informal caregivers of those with various health needs, the use of mindfulness-based interventions within music therapy clinical practice and patient-and family-centered care. Steiner-Brett is still an active clinician and supervisor working in early intervention, children and adults with exceptionalities and adolescent and adult mental health specifically substance misuse. Prior to completing her doctoral studies, Steiner-Brett was lecturer and clinical coordinator at the University of Louisville’s music therapy clinic where she worked with patients of a variety of ages and diagnoses as well as supervised practicum students and interns. Steiner-Brett has presented regionally, nationally and internationally (World Congress of Music Therapy in Japan 2017; World Congress of Music Therapy in South Africa, 2020). She is published in several journals including Arts in Psychotherapy, Music Therapy Perspectives, Dialogues in Music Therapy Education, Journal of Aging and Social Policy, and International Journal of Healthcare. She is passionate about expanding music therapy throughout Eastern North Carolina and has been instrumental in the establishment of the first on-campus music therapy clinic (MTC@ECU) in the ENC and the first in the UNC System. This is her 2nd year serving as the AMTAS Co-Advisor, and an elected member of the AMTA Ethics Board. |
