I've been writing since I was twelve. Don't be impressed. Nothing has been published. No awards given. Just the musings of a teenager, young adult, young woman, educator, entrepreneur, and bodybuilder.

I've also written extensively about my thirty-year marriage, although those pages have been more therapeutic than literary. For most of my life, I've written for myself. Now, I'm writing something I hope will matter to others.

I'm currently working on my first nonfiction book, Stand on Your Worth: Build Success Without Abandoning Yourself. It explores the intersection of ambition, identity, well-being, and what it means to live a successful life. The question driving the book is one I've spent years considering: Why do so many accomplished women achieve success yet struggle to experience the well-being they expected it to bring?

I hold a PhD in Organizational Psychology, and my doctoral research involved a qualitative case study of 21 women entrepreneurs. My aim is to challenge conventional beliefs about women, work, and well-being, including some I've held myself.

I live in northern Arizona with my husband, Glenn, a retired fire captain, and our two Vizslas, Cosmo and Luca.

After decades of writing for myself, I'm curious to see what happens when I finally let someone read my work.