I am originally from Connecticut. I moved to California 16 years ago. I started teaching in a Montessori pre-school and then Montessori focused public school in Richmond CA. I have done masters work in both gifted education at UCONN and Reading Recovery Training through Saint Marys College in Moraga CA.
My first passion was for painting and drawing. I earned a BFA at Indiana University and then an MFA at the Univ. of Delaware. My husband is also a painter and teaches in the Art Practice Dept. at Univ. CA. Berkeley.
I have two teenage sons. One loves skateboarding, photography and filming. He has taught himself how to use Final Cut Pro. The other loves to act and create movies and songs on his computer. They are definitely from the digital age and it is hard to keep up with them, but I do.