Was described as "one to watch" by film music composer Howard Shore, in
an interview with the Hollywood Reporter in August 2002.
First woman Lead Orchestrator since Shirley Walker on studio blockbusters (Elysium, Ender's Game, Need for Speed, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows).
Received the first-ever Doctorate in music composition from Duke University (1997).