Erica Music

Assistant Director of Regional Recruitment

Erica N Music
is a mother, educator, athlete, an active community volunteer,

and the first in her family to earn a college degree. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Erica earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Marketing Communication from Midway University in 2017. Erica’s career journey has included sales, higher education, and K-12 education. Erica currently serves as the Assistant Director of Regional Recruitment for Campbellsville University. Erica previously served as the Registrar at her alma mater, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Ky. where she set records as a student athlete in track and competitive cheer. Erica cheered professionally for the NFL and Arena League football teams for four years, including cheering for the Tennessee Titans.

Erica began college in 2000 at the University of Louisville as a traditional college student where she was a two-sport Division 1 college athlete on a full academic scholarship. Family responsibilities and a health crisis with one of her parents forced her to delay her educational goals. Resuming her dream of earning a college degree after a 13-year hiatus since withdrawing, Erica briefly enrolled at Kentucky State University before transferring to Midway University, where she earned her degree.

As an adult learner, Erica pursued her degree while working a full & part time job and taking evening and online courses as a full-time student. Erica’s path to graduation included raising two extremely involved and active children who played sports, instruments, and participated in many academic programs in their schools.

Erica’s educational & professional journey has led her to develop a series of strategies for student leaders, women, adult learners, and education professionals by using her story to encourage, motivate, and rejuvenate adult learners who carry the many complex burdens and responsibilities of pursuing a degree. Erica offers a fun, realistic, and interactive presentation that helps learners and leaders prepare to “BUILD YOUR OWN ARMY!” As a successful track athlete, Erica believes, “if life presents a barrier, that hurdle is never bigger than the finish line.”