Major teachers include Frank Iogha, David Kaiserman, Frances Larimer, and Elena Shishko. Chao-Casano has been recognized as a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music by the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). She also holds a Performer’s Certificate from the St. Petersburg Piano Institute (Russia). Chao-Casano has served on the executive boards of the Music Teachers National Association, Pacific School of the Performing Arts, Honolulu Piano Teachers Association, and the Hawaii Music Teachers Association. In 2015, Chao-Casano was selected as a Community Arts Education Leadership Institute fellow, a program sponsored by the National Guild for Community Arts Education. Chao-Casano is a licensed Kindermusik educator and has taught piano at DePaul University, Brigham Young University - Hawai‘i, and University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. She serves on the MTNA National Certification Commission.