- Julia began playing piano in elementary school and later went on to study organ, clarinet, and voice. She is a certified Illinois music educator for K-12 and taught six years in the Illinois public school system. 
- She is a classically trained opera singer and has sung everywhere from the famous Tanglewood Institute in Lenox, MA, to the Lyric Opera stage in Chicago and even County Stadium in Milwaukee, WI. 
- Julia is an accompanist at her church, and has also served as a musical director for a local community theatre group. She also has performed in high school and local community musical theater productions, competed as a member of a Sweet Adeline’s International barbershop chorus, and performed in college as part of an a cappella group. 
- Julia is a proud member of Sigma Alpha Iota, an International Women’s Music Fraternity, where she served as president of the Beta Chapter from 2007-2008.