Kim Milai has worked as an elementary music teacher in public and private schools for the past twenty-five years. As well as being a NYC rock drummer in bands that opened for groups like the B52's, Cindy Lauper and Living Colour, she produced and performed in her own children's music CD, Dinobone, Dinobone, Have You Heard?. She has Kodály training along with certification in Suzuki flute 1A and 1B. Kim earned a Masters in Music Education at the Eastman School of Music and currently lives with her husband and two children at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.