The Renaissance-Woman in a Nutshell: list-maker & organizer, photographer, life-long geek,  travel nut (preferring the extreme & remote), teacher/trainer, always looking for ways to grow and give.

The Biography:

• 1976 – “When did I first talk, Mom?” … (laughter) “I don’t recall a time you weren’t talking. Out of the womb you said “And as I was saying before..”
• 1980ish – First computer. A Texas Instrument. Dad taught me to program in BASIC.
• 1986 – I charged my sister part of her allowance for “flying lessons”. They involved pillows, an old pair of crutches, and the back of a sofa.
• 1994 – Graduated Brandon High, FL. Drama geek. Had bangs.
• 1996 – Learned the Russian word for “hangover” during summer studies at Moscow State University. (fyi: похмелье)
• 1998 – Couldn’t figure out why the computer science classes at Loyola were teaching “hypercard” on Macs. Baffles me still.
• 2000 – Discovered that the World Bank in D.C. has the best international food court of any place ever.
• 2003 – Ate lots of noodles during 3 months solo travel in Southeast Asia
• 2007 – Spent a summer working on a ranch in Santa Fe & photographed rodeos.
• 2009 – Fell down flight of stairs. Broke hand.
• 2010 – While volunteering at a women’s center in New Delhi teaching computer classes, the women learning to work in beauty parlors did my make up. I looked like a drag queen a lot of the time.