Lena started as an assistant teacher at the Piedmont Children’s Theatre in 1997. Since then, she has gone on to work in both California and New York, running her own programs at the Bank Street Summer Camp, UC Berkeley Cal Youth and Outdoor Program and Arts for All. Most recently, she has been hard at work as a founding director of Play On! Studios, along with Elisa Winter. She has too many teaching credits to fit on a resume, so her favorites are listed below.
| Founding Director and Teaching Artist | Play On! Studios | 2010-present |
| Teaching Artist | Arts For All | 2002-present |
| Teaching Artist | John W. Engeman Peforming Arts Studio | 2010-present |
| Co-head, Musical Theatre | Bank Street College of Education, Summer Camp | 2006 – 2010 |
| Asst. Director | Piedmont Children’s Theatre | 1997-2005 |
| Drama Instructor | UC Berkeley, Cal Youth and Outdoor Program | 2003 |
| Director/Choreographer | Annie | John W. Engeman Performing Arts Studio (2011) |
| Director/Choreographer | Where the Sidewalk Ends | John W. Engeman Performing Arts Studio (2011) |
| Director/Choreographer | Little Shop of Horrors | Play On! Studios (2011) |
| Director/Choreographer | 1776 | Bank Street School for Children (2010) |
| Director/Choreographer | The Complete History of America with Songs! | Bank Street School for Children (2009) |
| Director/Choreographer | A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum | Bank Street School for Children (2008) |
| Director/Choreographer | Compleat Works of William Shakespeare | Bank Street School for Children (2007) |
| Director/Choreographer | Little Shop of Horrors | Bank Street School for Children (2006) |
| Production Assistant | The Trip to Bountiful | Signature Theatre, NYC (2005) |
| Production Assistant | Godspell | Papermill Playhouse, NJ (2006) |
| Director | Yertle the Turtle | Children’s Theatre Company (2006) |
| Director | Practical Marriage | The Riant Theatre (2006) |
| Director | Practical Marriage | NYU (2005) |
| Director | No Shoes Allowed | RASH! Theatre, NYC (2003) |
| Director | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Piedmont Children’s Theatre (2005) |
| Asst. Director | The Poet and the Rent | Piedmont Children’s Theatre (2004) |
| Asst. Dir/Choreographer | Into the Woods | Piedmont Children’s Theatre (2003) |