 The daughter of a biology professor, she values nature and brings it into her compositions, as in the titles "Vapors & Shadows" from "Oasis", "Mojave Moon" from "Escapism", and "Sunset on the Beach" from "Day and Night".Hilton supports music programs for children and teens, particularly the blind or visually impaired.She has performed benefit concerts, conducted workshops, and played with young musicians at Perkins School for the Blind, Chicago Lighthouse Junior Blind of America and their Camp Bloomfield in Malibu, and the Adaptive Technology Lab at Berklee College of Music in Boston.