El Segundo elementary school music teacher Heather Breene-Ukrisna was recently selected as a quarterfinalist for the 2019 Music Educator Award presented by the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum. Upon being selected from 2,800 initial nominations received for the award, Breene-Ukrisna says she is “proud, excited and honored to be one of the 188 teachers from 177 cities selected as a finalist.”