I am a native Floridian and international author, and an entrepreneur. After teaching school for 20 years, I moved into the business world becoming, the education director of national real estate corporation, owning my own real estate corporation, an aerial photography, interior design business and my own boat dealership on the St. Johns River in the middle of Central Florida. My real life experiences prompted me to write The Demanding River. The book is fiction but based on my actual events. from there one door opened after another. I have been featured in Outstanding Young Women in America, Marine Woman of the Year by Boating Industry magazine. I also became an avid golfer. My love for boats still exists and there is not a better place to be than on the water or the golf course.