MY LIFE IS FILLED WITH A VARIETY OF CREATIVE PURSUITS

WRITER & EDITOR

A writer is someone who writes, and I write to explore my life and the world around me, to vent and pray, confess and surrender, celebrate and grieve, to imagine and invent. I earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University in 2011.

I believe in sharing my gifts with others and in community, both physical and virtual. Since settling in the Pacific Northwest in 2012, I volunteered with Field's End on Bainbridge Island, wrote a quarterly column for the all-volunteer Key Peninsula News, and donated my time as Literary Editor for Image Journal's blog for six years.

EDUCATOR & LEADER

My passion and specialty is leading spiritual and memoir writing workshops, opening the door for creativity and expression of our deepest selves in a safe, supportive environment.

​I am trained as a workshop facilitator in the Amherst Writers & Artists method where all writing is considered to be fiction. In AWA workshops, we write together, read newly written work aloud, offer only positive feedback, and maintain confidentiality. 
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RENOVATOR & REALTOR

My husband and I are California natives who relocated to a fixer-upper in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula in late 2011. After completely renovating our home, we sold it and founded Yellow Ribbon Homes, a company providing high quality residential construction, renovation, and remodeling services with integrity. We specialize in real estate preparation, inspection repairs, and water damage remediation.
 
I have a wealth of personal experience as a home buyer, seller, landlord, renovator, and designer, and am a licensed real estate broker with Infinity Real Estate. Like Infinity, Yellow Ribbon Homes values integrity, professionalism, excellence, and transparency.

​I assist clients throughout Western Puget Sound with all aspects of residential home sales.