Career counselor. Life coach. Holder of the occasional tissue box. It is all part of being a National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Collegiate advisor. Carla Jo Maltas, collegiate chapter advisor for the University of Central Missouri, would not have it any other way. Although the duties of an advisor vary depending on the institution and student body, Maltas--an associate professor of music education at UCM and a 23-year NAfME member who is also the Missouri state collegiate advisor--is a glowing example of what the job requires: someone who is in touch with both the book smarts and emotional intelligence that are needed as students travel down the path toward becoming music educators.