I am an award winning playwright and performer who wrote and directed theater for over twenty years. A founding member of Otrabanda Company, I worked in the Honolulu Theatre for Youth and the women’s collective, Lilith, before joining the Blake Street Hawkeyes.

In 1990, I left the theater to earn a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and have worked as a mental health counselor for twenty-two years, developing a process called Core Integration which weaves a healing connection between trauma and spirituality. I have taught workshops in Creativity, Writing From the Heart, and Finding Your Soul’s Purpose. During that time, I published one novel, Spencer’s Pond (available on Amazon) and my memoir, Dancing on Coals: A Memoir of an Overperformer, will be published in March, 2025. Two other novels, Talking to Birds, and Cry of the Jackal will hopefully be available in the near future.

I live in Berkeley, California, with my husband, David and love nothing better than being surrounded by my children, my grandchild, their partners and their pets.