Michelle Folta (M.M. ’15 Ph.D.), Columbus, Ohio, was one of 10 finalists for the Grammy Music Educator Award, given by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum. She also was recognized as a Rising Star by Columbus and the Valley Magazine. Michelle is an associate professor of choral/general music education at Columbus State University and the artistic director for the Voices of the Valley Children’s Chorus. Her success as an educator led Voices of the Valley to perform for the West Georgia Choral Society Choral Festival along with the Columbus Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. During the coronavirus pandemic, she fed her college students with a weekly meal called a “porch picnic” after learning some of them were going without nutritious meals.