Mrs. Van Slooten received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Ohio State University, afterwards she received her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Mrs. Van Slooten has been teaching students to sing for over 20 years. She has also been an active performer in musical theater, sings in the church choir and taught theater at St. Clare for 10 years. For the past 9 years she has instructed the children's choir as well as teaching at San Jacinto College. She is especially proud to be the mother of three beautiful children and her greatest blessing is being able to pass along her musical talents to young children.