She recently went through the life transformation of being diagnosed with breast cancer. It was while on steroids during chemotherapy that she decided she wanted to write a book, and stayed up at all hours in the morning furiously writing crazy plans to take over the world and reform education. Several months later to a year later, she is less crazy, non-medicated, surviving/thriving, and embracing the more mindful and healthy life. The elephant is her mascot, and it was through her obsession with all things elephant, that she discovered Elephant Journal. It was inevitable that she would start sending her stories and life lessons to share with others.