Katy Gentry
Katy is a studio vocalist and licensed special education teacher. Studio credits include Plank Road Publishing, Broadway Jr., Hal Leonard Publishing, and Shawnee Press. She has enjoyed singing the Great American Songbook at Feinstein's Cabaret with ATI Live and The Jazz Kitchen with the JoySwing Jazz Orchestra. Other theatatrical credits include Actors Theatre of Indiana, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Fireside Dinner Theatre, and Carnegie Hall. She holds a Masters in Special Education and currently works with the English as a New Language population in a suburb of Indianapolis.
Upgrading the Millennial Closet
I am a millennial. Well, I am by definition. I was born in 1981 - the first year of the Millennial generation but I connect with Gen X as well. Am I a Genennial….Millennigen? ...
Special Education and Your Child
More than one hundred and eighty thousand children in the state of Indiana receive special education services from the day they turn three to age twenty-two. These services are provided at no cost to...
Zero-Proof Holiday Cocktail Alternatives: What and Where
There are one million reasons to drink this holiday season, but ringing in the season, thankfully does not require a stop at the liquor store. If you are looking at pausing on the ‘drink’...
An Open Letter in Support of the FASD Respect Act
FASD or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders is a direct result of alcohol exposure to a developing fetus while in utero. These disorders are the most common form of developmental disability and birth defects in...
Hiking with Young Kids – Top Six Indiana Parks
We made it to May, everyone! This year, or as I call it, "OMG. What is happening?!" is almost halfway complete. Did we even have an April? In 2020, our family of five made...
I Could Still Hear Him Scream
We are on floor one of a children's hospital in a wing called the behavioral assessment emergency department. It has now been more than an hour from the time my son turned left and...
You Can Leave the Room
Arriving at Costco when the doors open is a recurring life goal that I have. I find the bustling concrete entryway like my personal Indy 500. One flash of my card and my double-wide...
A Life Full of Transitions
We live a life full of transitions. Some are planned - meticulously planned - while others are abrupt and coarse. Some transitions call for fancy dresses and a band, adding a new title at...
Domestic Violence Is So Much More Than Physical
If you were asked if someone you know has experienced domestic violence, I am sure you could think of at least one person. The state of Indiana ranks as the third highest in the...
Take the Trip
I just returned from our first family vacation to Disneyworld. I am tired, broke, and happy. It was not perfect or easy, but it was worth it. I’m here to tell you to take...
Fight to Protect Abortion Access
I was a freshman in high school taking a speech and debate class. Teams of two would take a topic and debate a team of two arguing the opposite. My friend Robert and I...
Finding My Calm with Mindfulness
I don’t know what it is with her voice -the tone or the melodic phrasing- but listening to Tamara Levitt tell me to find a comfortable position and relax every part of my body...
I Found Jesus in the Rubble
My four-year-old thinks that God lives in her butt. This is a non-theological yet logical conclusion in her developing mind. God made her. God lives in her. So God must live in her butt....
Teachers Are Exhausted
Here is where I would compose the extremely creative introductory paragraph with a good hook. But due to the potential mass teacher exodus and the fate of our public education system, I’m just going...