Merryl Goldberg is a Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) where she teaches courses on Arts & Learning, and Music and where she is founder and director of Center ARTES, a center dedicated to restoring arts to education through working with the San Diego County Office of Education, arts partners, parents, and teachers. She has numerous publications including books, articles, chapters, editorials, and blogs. She is the recipient of numerous grants including a Federal Department of Education Innovation grant, a joint Spencer and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur grant, Fulbright-Hays Foundation grants, and California Arts Council grants relating to her work with arts in the schools. Prior to entering academia, she recorded numerous CDs and was on the road for 13 years playing the saxophone with the Klezmer Conservatory Band.