Mer­ryl Gold­berg, sax­o­phon­ist, writer, and activist, is a Pro­fes­sor of Music at Cal­i­for­nia State Uni­ver­si­ty San Mar­cos. Orig­i­nal­ly from Boston (Go Red Sox!), Goldberg’s under­grad­u­ate degree is from New Eng­land Con­ser­va­to­ry of Music, and her Mas­ters and Doc­tor­ate is from the Har­vard Grad­u­ate School of Edu­ca­tion. She toured and record­ed with the Klezmer Con­ser­va­to­ry Band for many years.