When I was in high school, I was an editor of our yearbook and that is when I fell in love with photography. I got excited when I captured something compelling or amusing. I had my trusty Nikon FE film camera and I took 35 mm Kodachrome slides around home and when I traveled. In college, I pursued a degree in Computer Science, and once I was working in high tech and raising a family, I stopped taking photos. I came back to photography when I was diagnosed with a serious illness. I’ve always thought art can heal and transform and that is what picking up a camera again did for me. It gave me a purpose, a creative outlet and a passion that I hadn’t felt in the high tech world. I immersed myself in learning the digital side of photography and went back to school to earn an A.A. from Foothill College (2015).

When I was at Foothill, I realized my true passion was photographing people. I find the street to be the perfect place to observe the often delightful and always surprising behavior of our fellow humans. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and often quite beautiful.

My work has been shown at the Los Angeles Center for Photography, DeYoung Museum, Photoville, Harvey Milk Photo Center and the Palo Alto Art Center.

I live in California with my husband, and my pandemic pup, Kihei. When I’m not photographing, I enjoy hiking with my women’s hiking group, going to live theater and listening to books, making Spotify playlists and the watching the Warriors. Go Dubs!

I am excited to announce that my book, Relative Strangers, published by Daylight Books, is now for sale!