Leo Park is in his 23rd year as a public school music educator. He currently teaches orchestra courses at Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Illinois, after having taught multiple levels of orchestra, and a performance-based popular music course at Northside College Prep High School in Chicago, Illinois for 22 years. In addition to teaching at the high school level, Leo has also served on faculty as an adjunct professor teaching strings methods and techniques at Northeastern Illinois University and North Park University, and secondary general music methods in the graduate studies program at VanderCook College of Music. Leo recently served as Arts Instruction Specialist for the Chicago Public Schools and District 1 Orchestra Representative for the Illinois Music Education Association. He currently serves as content editor for the Illinois American String Teachers Association's publication, The Scroll, and as member of the American String Teachers Association Eclectic Styles national committee. Leo is the recipient of the 2018 Illinois Asian Pacific American Commitment in Education Award and 2016 Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award.