Miss Emily Stickerizes Town

Hermosa Beach resident and piano teacher Emily Baum enjoys brightening moods — one sticker at a time.

Reprinted from Hermosa Beach PATCH by Ronald Dam, October 14, 2011

At five years old, Emily Baum developed a love for piano and an obsession with stickers. Now the upbeat piano teacher, better known as Miss Emily, shares these two passions with just about everyone she meets. Not only are the students who attend Emily's Piano Studio given sticker sheets for good behavior, but friends and strangers can expect to be "stickerized" at a coffee shop, bank, grocery store or on the street—anywhere the youthful piano teacher may be. She especially enjoys placing stickers on people's hands, and rarely has anyone objected. "People have been so responsive to this positive reinforcement," Baum said. "It affects their day in such a positive way."