"Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true." - Yogi Berra

I still remember when I learned to love writing. In the first grade I wrote an outrageous story about my father buying me a million pets. I had fun and people enjoyed it.  Ever since then I've loved to write.

As a teenager, I helped my grandparents at their flea market booth in Acworth, GA on weekends. They sold craft supplies, toys and junk. That's where I learned the most important lessons in customer service. Talk to people. Help them.

I received a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing from Emory University in Atlanta, attending on a "courtesy scholarship" since my mother worked as a nurse at the hospital. During this time, I had my first "management job" as editor of the monthly Emory Phoenix - an "artsy" newspaper with a group of talented and quirky writers and photographers.

Out of college, I went to work for two management consulting firms that assisted public sector clients with studies of equity issues, including employment, housing and procurement. Much of my work included writing proposals and presentations, and formatting and editing complex documents.

I took some post-baccalaureate classes in public relations and loved the concepts.  

In 1999, I went to work in local government. During this time I have been able to embrace public service and gain additional skill as a communicator. I have worked on virtually ever conceivable kind of communications project, and have been able to be continually challenged. 

I am also a wife, mother and a frustrated seamstress.