Gabriela Montoya-Stier is an elementary music specialist with the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of New Mexico and her Master in Music Education degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, where she completed Kodály certification with Dr. Jean Sinor and Dr. Alan Strong. She completed her Orff certification at Trinity University. She is the author of El Patio De Mi Casa (book and CD), which is published by GIA Publications. She is also a contributing author to Music in Elementary Education by John W. Flohr and Valerie Trollinger. Gabriela has been on the faculty for the Kodály Certification Program at Hays CISD in Kyle since 2008. Gabriela has presented several times at TMEA, including as a Texas Invited Clinician in 2013. She has also presented several times at the OAKE National Conference, Feierabend Association for Music Education, and American Eurhythmics Society. Gabriela loves to spend time with her family, walk her dog Lucy, and work in her fiber studio.