She was born in Gaithersburg, MD and raised in Novato, CA. She earned her BA in Psychology from Seattle University and MA in Visual and Critical Studies from California College of the Arts. She is currently Assistant Director of the two day O+ Petaluma Festival connecting “the art of medicine with the medicine of art.” Her interests span to and from: cultural roots, storytelling, identities in America, community building, ancient wisdom, poetry, myth and the avant garde.