Prof. Katy Ieong Cheng Ho Weatherly joined the University of Macau in 2023 and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Viola Performance from The Juilliard School in the US, and her master’s and doctoral degrees in Music and Music Education from Columbia University. She integrates creative pedagogies, gamification, and reflective practices into her teaching. Prof. Ho Weatherly has been recognized with multiple fellowships, including the 2025 Outstanding Emerging Researcher Award from the Center for Music Education Research at the University of South Florida, the Junior Researcher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children in the US, and the Enid and Lester Morse Fellowship from Columbia University.

Prof. Ho Weatherly’s interdisciplinary research spans music, early childhood education, and teacher training. Her teaching is grounded in the belief that students should be empowered to learn, lead, and create with purpose. Teaching, to her, is both her responsibility and her mission, and education has the power to spark students’ passion for learning and help them discover their boundless potential.