She has a Ph.D. in Sociology which she hasn’t used much and is a registered nurse. She has been married to the same man for 33 years and has two grown sons – one living in Hawaii, the other in NYC. Born in 1944, she grew up in Queens, NY, then went to graduate school in Ann Arbor and Boston and has worked mainly as a nurse in psychiatry, community health, and school nursing. Since retiring two years ago, she has been trying out many new things – drawing, choir, languages, travel – as well as doing lots of volunteer work – meals on wheels, cashier at the local community thrift store, hospice care, fostering kittens, etc.). She loves to write but is still working on defining herself as a writer.