Becca Hollen has been teaching choir in the Salem Keizer School District for thirteen years and currently teaches at Whiteaker Middle School. She earned her BME from George Fox University in 2009 and then received her MAT in 2010. In 2015 she was presented with Music Educator of the Year by the Oregon Symphony Association, and in 2016 she received a Crystal Apple award from the Salem Keizer Education Foundation. Choirs under her direction have received consecutive championship trophies at multiple festivals. Hollen is passionate about empowering middle school students to be impressive young adults that surprise the adult world with their maturity and professionalism. She is the mother of two lively little boys, and in her free time she loves to spend time with her family doing home improvement projects and picking flowers from her garden.