Mary Jo has decades of experience in the roles of parish director of liturgical music, director of religious education, teacher of the diocesan program in music for children with special needs, director of the La Crosse Girlchoir, and the La Crescent Community Choir. In addition to working part time at Aquinas, she is currently the Director of Sacred Music at Mary, Mother of the Church. Together with her husband, Ryan, and their son the Lium's reside in La Crosse.  Mary Jo has been at Cathedral Elementary School since 2010.  Prior to that she was busy volunteering at the school during the time their son, Michael, was attending.