Ms. Buck has taught in the Rush-Henrietta CSD for over 20 years, teaching grades 1-6 General Music and Chorus. She has been a leader in music education across New York and was the 2014 recipient of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Outstanding Music Educator of the Year for Classroom Music. She also has served as president and treasurer of the Greater Rochester American Orff-Schulwerk Association. She has presented workshops for AOSA, NYSSMA, GRAOSA, TTOSA, WNYOSA and others.
Ms. Buck was elected in 2017 as one of three active teachers on the 10-member New York State Teachers' Retirement System Board. She serves on the Audit, Disability Review and Investment committees.
A graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College and Syracuse University, she is president of the Rush-Henrietta Employees’ Association, Teachers’ Chapter, and has served as a local leader for the organization in many capacities since 2002. She is a graduate of the NYSUT Leadership Institute and the New York State AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute.