Mary Lou Iverson is a highly regarded pianist and piano pedagogue in Apple Valley, Minnesota. She is a frequent performer. As piano teacher she consistently  had students who were state piano competition winners and had a nationally recognized student composition winner. She has adjudicated piano events such as MMTA state solo competition, ensemble festival, and American Federation Festival. Studio Management, Music Theory, Technology and the Music Studio, and Students with Disabilities are presentation topics provided to music teacher groups.  As writer for Keyboard Companion, she described the process of website development for an independent music studio; it was published in Spring 1998.

She has published  Music History in the Making, a student journal that provides goal setting and positive reinforcement. She is one of three developers of Time$ig, premiere studio management system.

She is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, charter member and past president of South Suburban Music Teachers Association, Minnesota Music Teachers Association affiliated with Music Teachers National Association. She has served as MMTA Technology Chairperson since 1992 to 1998, then resuming again in 2001.

Mary Lou successfully combined the two parallel careers of professional nurse and music educator, making the focus of music education and performance goal directed and positive.

Hobbies include standard poodles, swimming, and genealogy.