I’m a Pennsylvania native but relocated with my family as a teen to Dubuque, Iowa. I have a business degree from Drake University and spent my career in consumer marketing. A job opportunity brought me to Colorado in 2000. Semi-retired now, I continue to do freelance marketing for local clients. Somewhere along the way, I was a single mom for about 15 years until I remarried and filled my empty nest with three more step-kiddos.

I dabbled in photography in my younger years but returned to a more serious practice in 2016. Since then, my award-winning work has been exhibited up and down the Front Range, from the shadows of the Spanish Peaks to the Santa Fe Arts District in Denver.

My love of Colorado wildflowers and their conservation led me to pursue CSU certification as a Colorado Native Plants Master, which I was awarded in 2024.