I have always had a great passion for the arts and believe that all students should be exposed to art, music, dance, and theater at an early age. I have learned from teaching performing arts that performance experience helps students engage in a process that develops self-esteem, self-discipline, cooperation, and self-motivation--all of which will benefit them throughout their lives.

B.A., Speech and Hearing, Montclair State University, 1979.  M.A., Audiology, UCSB, 1981. 

Salli came to Anacapa with considerable teaching experience and enthusiasm for her subject.  She has been a music-drama teacher for the Goleta Union School District and wrote the Great Works of Music program, which has been used in several schools in the Santa Barbara area.  Salli was on the Music Task Force that designed a district-wide music program for Goleta.  She is on the Board of Directors for the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization.