In April 2006, I will begin my eighth year as a horticulturist for Iowa State University.  In addition to providing gardening advice to clients in the Des Moines area, I also coordinate over 350 Master Gardener volunteers.  For the last three years, I have provided Master Gardener training to the inmates at the Iowa Women's Correctional Facility and assisted the women with their gardens. 

Tom and I are currently building a small home on the Pacific coast of Mexico where we plan to spend winters when we retire in two years.  In our spare time, we enjoy flying, riding motorcycles and bicycles, and most recently learning how to drive a cart with our draft horse, Heather.  My life since graduating from Southeast High School has been a wonderful journey that is going way too fast.