Yajayra Soria is the Assistant Band Director at Klein High School, where she conducts the Concert Band, co-directs the Klein Marching Band, and serves as Pit Orchestra Director for the school musical. Under her leadership, the Klein Pit Orchestra has been a Tommy Tune Award recipient for two consecutive years.

Before joining Klein High School, Ms. Soria taught at Springwoods Village Middle School for three years. A native of Spring, Texas, she is a graduate of Spring High School and holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Houston. She is an active member of the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association, and an alumna of the Beta Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi.

In addition to teaching, Ms. Soria performs with the Spring ISD Alumni Band, which has appeared at the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago and the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention in San Antonio. In her free time, she enjoys painting, playing video games, and spending quality time with her fiancé Jared and their three cats.