Wanda Vásquez Garcia is an ABAR general music educator, choir director, advocate, and clinician. A proud Afro-Latina native of the Dominican Republic currently living in Colorado,  she holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the first University on the American Continent, and a Master’s Degree in Music Education with an emphasis on choral music from the University of Northern Colorado. 

Currently, she is the general music teacher at the Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer in Lafayette, Colorado, an assistant instructor for the Colorado Children’s Chorale, a Co-Coordinator Choral Database for the Institute for Composer Diversity, and a member of several boards for music educational institutions, and a member of task forces addressing DEI initiatives and best practices in the music at a state and national level. As a K-5 music educator, she believes music is a very effective way to create connections and build bridges promoting the uniqueness of each individual in the classroom. She is passionate about the importance of increasing diversity and representation in music education, in ways that are culturally responsive, fun, meaningful, and inclusive in order to embrace each other with respect, tolerance, and a sense of belonging. 

Wanda has presented clinics and reading sessions promoting multicultural music, culturally responsive teaching, and music technology in the elementary classroom at Colorado ACDA, CMEA, NAfME Easter Division, and Little Kids Rock Modern Band Summit.

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