Olivia (she/her) is an Ed.M. candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she is also serving as Harvard’s Director of First-Year Arts Initiatives. In addition to her Ed.M. degree, she was selected as one of thirty students across Harvard University to earn a Child Protection Certificate from Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.

Holding a Master of Music from The Juilliard School and having had a decorated career as a mezzo-soprano, Olivia's work as a teaching artist and consultant explores how art and music enhance learning. In her time at Harvard, she has consulted Chelsea Public Schools on developing effective out-of-school time, designed a teaching artist training to encourage critical consciousness and self-inquiry among conservatory students serving underresourced communities, and developed a digital learning experience that helps children become wiser consumers in a practicum course featuring executives from Sesame Workshop.

Olivia has held teaching positions with Atrium School, The Juilliard School, Breakthrough San Francisco, Oberlin City Schools, and City College Academy of the Arts in New York City.

Recognized as “a standout” by the Wall Street Journal, Olivia’s career as an operatic mezzo-soprano brought her performances in London’s Holland Park, Versailles’ Opéra Royale, Tanglewood's Seiji Ozawa Hall, Lincoln Center, Salzburg’s Großes Festspielhaus, and two featured interviews on NPR. She holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School in Vocal Performance, a Bachelor of Music degree from The Oberlin Conservatory, and has been a young artist with the Opera Theater of St. Louis and the Tanglewood Music Center.