Dr. Grace Xia Zhao is an Associate Professor of Music and the Music Department Chair at the University of La Verne in Los Angeles, California. She holds bachelor, master's, and doctorate degrees in Music from the University of Southern California and a master's degree in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a concert pianist and a music educator. Dr. Zhao's research interests are positioned at the intersections of music and positive psychology. She studies the theory, research, and practice of music's impact on well-being, specifically music's connections to emotional intelligence, flow, mindfulness, creativity, and community building. Dr. Zhao is the founder of Project Harmonia, a practice focusing on musical approaches to well-being. Dr. Zhao is the General Education Faculty Committee Chair and the GE Faculty Lead at the University of La Verne. She studies liberal arts education design and assessment through her work on GE.