My husband, two daughters, my cat Mochi, and I live in Wilsonville. We enjoy the outdoors and love to hike, explore, and travel. We also enjoy all kinds of creative pursuits from painting to baking to making music.

 I grew up in rural New York state and went to Oneonta and Buffalo State college as an undergraduate to study Art Education. I moved to the beautiful Pacific Northwest to attend graduate school at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.