Misty Dais is a board-certified and licensed professional music therapist and the founder and director of Quad Cities Music Therapy in Moline, Illinois. A graduate of Western Illinois University and board-certified since 2002, she began her career at Music Therapy Services of Waukesha County in Wisconsin, treating children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in clinical and school settings. She later developed a music therapy program for United Cerebral Palsy of South Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, and co-chaired the government relations committee for the Music Therapy Association of Washington, advocating for the profession alongside a state representative. Since founding Quad Cities Music Therapy in 2018, she has led a multidisciplinary team serving children and adults of all abilities across Iowa and Illinois, launched specialized adaptive music programs, built local partnerships, and developed a Parkinson's choir program in the Quad Cities. She is committed to expanding evidence-based singing interventions that support health, connection, and community in her region.