Dalila Droege grew up painting, playing music, and reading Russian novels in a tiny town in Indiana. After sixth grade she was homeschooled for three years and entered college at age 15. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in piano performance at Indiana University at South Bend. She then moved for graduate study at the Peabody Conservatory in Maryland. Since then she has studied, performed, and taught classical piano in Baltimore, Orlando, and New York. In addition she continued her studies in painting, and from 2003-2005 she participated in numerous painting exhibitions in Baltimore. In 2005 she moved to Chicago to pursue an MFA in film production at Columbia College. Though her focus is on writing and directing her own short films, Dalila also specializes in the sound aspect of film, doing sound recording, sound design, and composing film scores. She currently teaches piano and works at the post-production audio suite of Columbia College.