TATIANA J KLEIN
Tatiana J. Klein has been teaching high school Spanish at The Key School in Annapolis since 2008. She earned a Master of Science in Education from Johns Hopkins University School of Education in 2017, focusing on Mind, Brain, and Teaching, as well as Educational Leadership. She is pursuing a second master’s degree in counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary. Ms. Klein holds an Artist Diploma from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, where she studied flute under Robert Willoughby, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Duquesne University, graduating cum laude. At Duquesne, she served as the principal flutist for the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Klein has an extensive record of volunteer work and community leadership. In 2022, she chaired the Education and Programming Committee of Anne Arundel Women Giving Together (AAWGT) and served as vice-chair in 2021. She was a member of the Joint Commission on the Opportunity Gap and the founder and director of the Marshall Learning Center under the Marshall Hope Corporation. She also served as president and vice president of the board for the Center of Help (Centro de Ayuda). While there, she co-founded Guitars for Change with the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society. Maryland Hall’s Jóvenes Artistas now supports the program.
In 2022, Ms. Klein founded the Bilingual Children’s Choir under the direction of conductor Natalia Zerga. She continues to bring educational opportunities to immigrant children aged 4 to 17 through the Marshall Learning Center. The program collaborates with numerous partners, including the Maryland Hall, Tennis Alliance, AAA Bike, Let’s Go STEM, Anne Arundel Public Schools, Arundel Rivers Association, and Annapolis Maritime Museum. With the support of skilled faculty and dedicated volunteers, the program provides high-quality programming to approximately 55 students. Additionally, for the past six years, Ms. Klein has organized a full-day summer camp at Quiet Waters Park for 55 children, offered at no cost to families.
Ms. Klein has received several prestigious awards, including the 2024 Michelle Obama Award, the 2024 Volunteer of the Year Award for Anne Arundel County Hispanic Heritage, the 2022 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County, the 2016 Excellence in Leadership Award from Leadership Anne Arundel, and the 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award from Leadership Anne Arundel. She was also recognized as Volunteer of the Week by the Capital Gazette in 2001. A graduate of Leadership Anne Arundel’s Neighborhood Academy (Class of 2006) and Flagship Program (Class of 2007), she volunteered as a coordinator for the Neighborhood Academy for many years. Ms. Klein is also a graduate of the Watershed Stewards Academy (Class 10).
Born in Costa Rica, Ms. Klein became an American citizen in 2007. At age 10, she began her music training, starting with piano and transitioning to flute at age 14. At age 15, she won the Jóvenes Solistas (Youth Soloist) competition sponsored by the Costa Rican National Symphony Orchestra, where she performed a flute solo concerto. She reprised her role as a soloist with the Symphony at age 21 during their summer tour of Costa Rica. In 1988, Ms. Klein participated in the Music Festival at Tanglewood Fellowship program under Tatiana Arana, performing with esteemed artists such as Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa in a student-professional concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
After graduating from the Peabody Institute, Ms. Klein performed in the Maryland and Washington D.C. area, as well as in Europe and Costa Rica. In 1997, she recorded a CD titled Innisfree Celtic Dreams with music partner Marianna Nystrom and her daughter Kris Snyder. Following her experience homeschooling her son until the third grade, Ms. Klein transitioned to teaching Spanish at The Key School, where she continues her role as an active educator.