I was born and raised in New York City, where I graduated from Stuyvesant High School. I attended college in upstate New York. After college I moved to California to spend four years as a manufacturing supervisor for Frito-Lay, Inc.

I made a career change to the arts and then non-profit management. I spent six years with InnVision as Public Relations Director and advocate for the homeless prior to joining the staff at Gavilan College.

I now live in Gilroy with my family, serve on the South County Council for United Way and on the board of the California Community College Public Relations Organization.

B.S., Cornell University --Applied Economics and Business Management; Currently a student in the Masters in Public Policy program at CSU Monterey Bay; Leadership Morgan Hill Class of 2004