About ME

I was born in Toledo, OH. When I was little, we lived in a modest four-square house across the street from a three story, American Gothic styled elementary school. I used to sit in my room and look out the window at how big that building was and wonder how all of that brick stood so tall.

I got into design at an early age. I was completely hooked on drawing houses and any other building. My crayons were well used. As I got older, my passion and creativity for design only grew. In high school, I was determined to learn how to hand draft and was often the only girl in the room. Eventually, I graduated from drafting machine parts to laying out floor plans of houses.

Once I got to college, I was so excited to be one of the few people who was accepted into the Architecture major at the University of Cincinnati.  I had a unique opportunity during my college years to work full time in a firm as part of my education with multiple internships spread across the nation. (I even worked for a firm that was on the highest occupiable floor of the Chrysler Building. It was a joy to look out those triangle windows and see the World Trade towers and the Statue of Liberty every day.) Living for that summer in New York City, I realized that people can live in many different ways.

I worked on my Master's Thesis, Promoting Community: An Artists' Residence (
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1114105112 ) I have always wanted to design for people and how they live. After graduation, I moved to California and started working on multi-family and affordable housing projects. (and others such as hospitality, medical, transportation, tenant improvements, offices, and more). 

I have a beautiful daughter and when she was 3, I had designed a couple of playgrounds. I took her to the ribbon cutting for the official opening. For months after that, she would point at buildings and ask me if I built that. (I had NOT designed or built them). She is getting ready to start High School and she is still very proud of her Mama.

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I have been working in the architecture field for the past 20 years. Aside from design, I have spent an innumerable amount of hours out on construction sites. I bring creative, cost-effective solutions to every project in an environment of collaboration. I approach projects with a determined focus on reducing unknowns, eliminating challenges, and bringing my clients to success.

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I am proud to have started my own architecture firm and would love the chance to work with you.

Licensed:

AZ #64075

CA #C33730