I was born in Oregon and grew up in Jacksonville, Florida. As an undergraduate, I attended the University of California at Los Angeles, where I graduated with a bachelor’s in motion picture and television arts. I worked for ABC Television for twenty eight years and became the associate director of digital broadcast communications for the Disney ABC Television Group.  I have traveled widely throughout the United States and Europe, and lived in Los Angeles, California for 40 years, but has just recently relocated to the Denver, Colorado area.