Molly Wilkens-Reed is Collegiate Assistant Professor of Viola at Virginia Tech and the director of the Virginia Tech String Project, a robust community string education and teacher training program at Virginia Tech. As faculty at Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, she spends her summers in beautiful northern Michigan teaching violin and viola. Distinguished awards include the Outstanding String Project of the Year Award from the American String Teachers Association, the team Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence at Virginia Tech, the Favorite Faculty Award at Virginia Tech, and numerous grants for her string music education and pedagogy work. She is a member of the Epsilon Omicron Chapter of the Pi Kappa Lambda Society and serves as a board member of the National String Project Consortium. She is a certified Suzuki violin and viola teacher and enjoys teaching students of all ages and levels.