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About the Artist: I am a Lifelong Learning Instructor, visual artist and writer living in Virginia. Raised in an Air Force family, I was born in Japan and claim California as my home state. My military career began when I entered UC Berkeley and joined the Air Force ROTC program (Psychology, class of '75). Upon commissioning, I entered 18 months of air traffic control training and subsequently, earned my private pilot's license. I've been stationed mostly in the Southeast, as well as the Pacific, Europe, and in 1990, I deployed to Desert Shield/Storm. In 1996, I retired with her husband and children in Virginia. Eventually, I longed to return to the creative work I enjoyed before college. Over the past twenty years, I have sustained a practice of teaching, painting and writing. I hold degrees in Fine Art and Adult Education. Recently, I completed my M.F.A in Writing from Pacific University. I am teaching drawing and painting for Christopher Newport University in Newport News. My artwork and poems have been recognized in various venues and publications. I also volunteer at the V.A. Regional Medical Center in Richmond facilitating veterans' poetry groups.