Fun Facts

I have a home in Vermont, where I've lived since 1992, and I've lived part time in the Baltimore area since 2017.
I am the mother of an adult daughter who was born at home. Yes, by choice.
I have worked both as a childbirth doula and in hospice care.
I like to travel to obscure places that tourists tend to avoid. I like gritty real life!
I am dentally evolved - born without wisdom teeth - proven by a head x-ray at 12.
I am closest to my vision of God when my hands are in dirt in my garden.
I am an avid knitter.
I've played the piano since I was 8.
Won my first writing contest at age 6 with a poem about kissing fish.
I was voted class writer when I was a senior in high school.

B.A., English, Southern Connecticut State University
M.A., English and Creative Writing, Southern New Hampshire University
2x TEDx speaker
Experienced keynote speaker and conference workshop facilitator
Adjunct professor, with additional experience in language arts tutoring for middle school students
Inner Glow Circle, International Coach Federation-Accredited Life Coach Certification
Laughter Yoga Leader
Founding member of a women's mTBI support group at Fanny Allen Outpatient Rehab in Vermont
Performed volunteer medical support in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Serves in a national brain injury advisory and leadership group sponsored through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Yin Yoga Instructor
ACT Certified Educator (Reading, English, Writing)
American Red Cross, Psychological First Aid: Supporting Yourself and Others During COVID-19
Successful entrepreneur: Vermont Shortbread Company and AZ Communications, LLC