She holds a BS degree in Physics from UC Davis, a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Boston University, and received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry from Stanford University. In addition to physics and aerospace engineering, her professional experience includes technology marketing, freelance design, and instruction in creative writing. She was active in aviation for many years as a private pilot. Her writing appears in literary, technical, and scientific venues; from poetry anthologies to journals as diverse as The Threepenny Review, POETRY, Shenandoah, Witness, and Semiconductor International. She resides with her family in Menlo Park.