Celesta began taking piano lessons in second grade and continued through high school. During those ten years of private instruction, she performed in recitals, competed in local competitions, and participated in the statewide Certificate of Merit program. In addition, she played for wedding services and accompanied a local children's choir for school musicals.

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Piano teaching was Celesta’s career aspiration ever since the age of thirteen. After high school, she pursued this goal by majoring in music with a piano emphasis at Simpson University in Redding, CA. She began teaching private lessons as a freshman and discovered that teaching was everything and more than she had hoped. After three years of being a full-time college student and teaching part-time, a family situation required her to pause schooling and move closer to relatives.

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Celesta now lives in Selma with her husband, Josh, their son, Strider, and their new baby girl, Rivyn! In addition to her love for teaching, Celesta is passionate about her butterfly garden. When she’s not practicing piano or gardening, she is often playing board games with her family, sipping tea on the porch, or going on a walk with their four goats.