I consider myself both artist and biologist, drawing dinosaurs and birds in my early years on this earth. I obtained my bachelors and masters degrees from California State University Fullerton in biology, specializing in marine biology. At the University of Arizona, I studied Ecology and Evolutionary Biology along with coursework in Scientific Illustration.

For a number of years, I taught biology at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona. During my seventeen years at the college, I created over 200 learning videos with video graphics and animations for an alternative biology learning program. I developed a marine biology class, and, over the course of my teaching years, brought hundreds of students to the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO), the marine lab at Puerto Peņasco (Rocky Point), Sonora, Mexico, to study the intertidal zone. My husband and I regularly photograph the bottlenose dolphin populations in the upper Gulf of California.

I have taken many art courses from a variety of places (U.A., Pima College, Tucson City Parks and Recreation), studying with such artists as Betty Harris, Aurore Chabot, Moira Geoffrion, Jim Jones, Vicky Wills, and Phil Melton.

During the time of my biology teaching career, I continued to draw and paint and exhibit my work. My paintings (watercolors, acrylics and oils) are of still lifes, landscapes and portraits. In 1995, I discovered sculpture. My subjects - in clay, bronze and rock - are often representations of sea life. Always the teacher at heart, I want my viewers to learn something about life forms. I feel one of the most effective ways to learn is via humor; therefore, many of my sculptural pieces express at least a whisper of whimsy. My former education and biology career have continually inspired me and bring a different twist to my painting and sculpture.

I am one of the founding owners of Blue Raven Gallery and Gifts located at 3054 N. 1st Ave in the Many Hands Courtyard (in Tucson). We hold art fundraisers to benefit local non-profit organizations and provide an intimate space for Southern Arizona artists to display their works. Being a gallery owner is one of the most exciting and challenging experiences of my life.