Born in Washington D.C., I lived here briefly before heading off to Columbia to spend three years in Bogota. From an English/Irish background, I ended up speaking Spanish as my first language and apparently was traumatized upon returning to the States and being forced to learn English - or so I told my High School Spanish teacher upon flunking Spanish…

An Army brat, I got used to moving, moving and more moving. At one point I managed to get a degree in International Relations and promptly went to work helping juvenile delinquents. Many years later, after living in lovely San Francisco and traveling constantly around the world for the non-profit association I worked for (conferences, educational sessions, speaking), I have again returned to to live and work in the D.C. metro area.

My entire professional life has found me working for non-profits, the latest at AAUW where I post on our blog at least once or twice a week.  In particular, I work in the association community and recently became an author of the chapter, Membership Communications, in the ASAE book, “Membership Essentials”.

I currently work and for  the American Association of University Women (AAUW). I post on our blog weekly (www.blog-aauw.org) and all our blogs focus on women's issues around equity, education, and anything that pertains to these (lots of leeway here!). 

Went to my first BlogHer conference in DC today (10/13/08). Learned lots and will be updating bio as I learn more.