Kali Poore

After teaching in the Kent School District, Kali joined Explorer West in the Fall of 2023. Before then, she taught grades K-8 music in Florida and North Carolina before moving to Washington in 2020. Kali has been a part of various performing ensembles for the last 20 years and loves the community that being in a musical group provides. She has performed in several bands, orchestras, and chamber ensembles throughout the years and was a part of an award-winning woodwind quintet that performed at Lincoln Center in New York City. During her time teaching for AmeriCorps, Kali discovered her passion for providing students with musical experiences and decided to earn her teaching certification. She has been teaching since and strongly believes that she has one of the best jobs by getting to bring music into the lives of students every day. In her spare time, Kali enjoys running, hiking with her family, and curling up with a good book with one of their 4 rescue cats.

Bachelor of Arts, Music Performance (Tennessee State University)
Master of Arts, Music Performance (University of North Carolina School of the Arts)
Washington Certified Teacher in Music (Instrumental, Choral, and General Music, K-12)