Born 1960, Salinas, CA. Teenage runaway/high school dropout. 1977 moved to Davis, CA and audited art classes at UCD from Wayne’s Thiebaud, Ralph Johnson, and Cornelia Schultz. 1984 lived in San Francisco and attended two terms at SFAI studying drawing and painting.1987 married and became a mother,moved to Riverside, CA. 1988 Riverside community college ceramics course. 1989 moved to Basel, Switzerland. 1991 moved to Saltdean, UK. 1998 enrolled in O-level photography course at community college of Brighton and Hove. 1999 enrolled in A-level photography course same college. 2000 enrolled in Btech photography course same college. 2001 enrolled in Editorial Photography at University of Brighton graduating in 2004 with a 1st class BA. 2006 enroll in MA program, design by independent project with George Hardie at University of Brighton. 2008 dropped out of MA course and left marriage and UK to travel with my dog, take photos, write stories. 2012 becomes homeowner/proprietor at Artists’ Asylum Bed&Breakfast, and slave to four unruly dogs