Originally from San Diego, where my mother owned her own marketing firm. I’ve lived in LA and all over the Bay Area until moving to Sebastopol when I was thirteen. That was when I finally felt like I’d come home.

I earned volunteer of the year, participated not only in large public land clean-up events but at Apple Blossom Convalescent, at the local humane society all while between ninth grade and my sophomore year. My interest in art began to flourish as I enjoyed experimenting with different mediums and styles and even joining theater. I discovered Reiki and my love of becoming a part of my community.

My sophomore summer I moved to Fort Bragg and fell even more in love with the Northern California Coast. I began my first year as a Big with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program launching in my high school as well as the schools first venture with New Games. New Games used local high schoolers to teach elementary children team building, non-violent games. I also began working part-time for the local Humane Society through a locally sponsored program. Participated in theater and even participated in acting competitions. Continued with my art and was considering on becoming an Art Therapist. Art and music are the purest forms of expression, and similarly to fashion, my realistic sensibilities require that the art be functional. After turning eighteen, I moved to Novi, Michigan, to help my mother with her heart transplant complications. Introduced my daughter to the world and put who I was, as a person, on hold.

A short while later we moved to Casper, Wyoming for economical and familial reasons. Wyoming, is a very different animal: male dominated, Republican, and a never ending culture shock. After several years of taking care of my mother I was finally able to find myself again. All of my art and marketing experience has been hands on. I struggled and I learned what did and did not work by doing it. I found that I excelled at computer oriented art and expanded on that. I was trained by a man who is now one of my best friends and also one of the most strict teachers. I came away from that print shop with the ability to understand print in and out. Next came the small weekly newspaper, where I further expanded upon my solid foundation. After followed Wyoming’s only state wide newspaper and working under an amazing marketing director whom I actually remained in the state for instead of moving with my mother for Colorado’s better medical care. My mother passed while I worked at the paper but that never diminished my love for the job. Sadly, the individual left her position with the paper shortly after and their replacement was far less experienced than I. That type of structure simply doesn’t work, so I left the company. I ventured into a Series 63 license while selling shares of a company. Found that even though I grasp marketing the concepts of sales are far less substantial than working on something

Being and ISFJ I’ve never gotten abstract applications. Thus, I went for something in-between, radio. I had fun and expanded upon what I already had learned, but came to the realization that sales, in any form, just isn’t for me. I enjoy physically doing the work that comes after the abstract conversation. I see all phases and parts as an intricate puzzle and rely on my experience, both with people and functional marketing, to do what I enjoy.