I have been involved with art my whole life. My dad was an artist and as a little girl I loved to watch my dad paint portraits and draw cartoons.

Right after high school I married my sweetheart Ray. We have been married for 29 years now and have one awsome daughter Bethani and a wonderful son-in-law Matt. They blessed us both with 2 beautiful grandsons Kyzen and Jaden. Soon after getting married I started taking some business classes at Hancock only to find out that I was not cut out for Accounting so I dropped it quickly. Then someone told me to take a Graphic class. Through this one class I was able to put together a portfolio of our class projects and was able to land my first Graphics job at the Santa Ynez Valley Newspaper as the Graphics Technician. I was only 23. This class was the turning point for me as it started my graphics career.

I continued my education at Hancock and received three AA degrees in the graphics field. And I have been doing graphics now for over 25 years. I still love my chosen field.

People ask me what is your favorite thing to do and it’s creating greeting cards, wedding, birth and funeral announcements.

When I am not working on the computer, I really enjoy seeing my kids and grandsons, traveling/fishing with my wonderful husband and camping with friends and family. I am also very involved with Aglow International, Santa Maria Lighthouse and serve on the board as Public Relations Secretary. Recently I became a CASA advocate. We are members of Calvary Chapel Santa Maria.