Monika Herzig is the author of three books and  chair of the research committee for the Jazz Education Network (JEN). As a jazz pianist she has toured the world, opened for acts such as Power of Tower, Sting, and Yes. Her all-female supergroup Sheroes was voted as one of the best groups of 2018 by DownBeat Magazine and her composition “Just Another Day at the Office” is one of the selections in New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Female Composers (Berklee Press, 2022).  Herzig’s awards include a 1994 DownBeat Magazine Award for Best Original Song, and a Jazz Journalist Association Hero 2015 award. Monika is a CASIO Artist.