I published my first book, "MAPS:  Mystery, Adventure, Poetry, Suspense", in February 2017.  I began writing at age twenty-one for two years.  It was then set aside to focus on my prior career at Eastman Kodak Company and eventually motherhood.  I am the proud mother of three grown children and the grandmother of three.  In 2014, I re-started my writing journey.  I have currently written fifty short stories and over two hundred poems.  "MAPS" is a collection of some of that work.

I chose this career because I have a passion for writing. I have been writing since I was 21 years old.

Writing has always just flowed and come natural to me, however I owe much of my preparation to experience and hard work.

My biggest challenges include broadening my range, developing new techniques and writing to different types of audiences

My greatest strength is screen writing. I took classes and I have the talent for it.

My greatest accomplishments are my children. Second to that, writing and publishing my first book, MAPS: Mystery, Adventure, Poetry and Suspense is what I am most proud of. MAPS is a unique combination of poems and short stories that will leave the reader in suspense. Mystery and adventure are included in the poems and stories. “Journey of the Mind” and “Secret Vampire Society” are short stories written in rhyme along with four non-rhyming stories. Click here for a direct link to MAPS: Mystery, Adventure, Poetry, Suspense

My professional goals include having my second book published and focusing more on learning the movie/film industry.  My personal goals include family and friends.

I am inspired by wanting to make an impact on the world.

I want to be remembered as a person who helped bring peace to the world.

I was the runner-up for the 2016 Portable Story Series Contest.

I was accepted to inclusion into the 2019-2020 Marquis Who's Who in the World

I support the USO and Mercy Ships.

I am a former United Way representative and a former member of the Board at the YMCA.

I enjoy spending time with my children/family and listening to music.  I have an interest in health and fitness.  I enjoy learning and teaching.