Raised in the gorgeous Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, I spent most of my life traveling and living in variety of places, I have now settled back home where I started with my partner of tw...view moreRaised in the gorgeous Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, I spent most of my life traveling and living in variety of places, I have now settled back home where I started with my partner of twenty-one years and my teenage son.I have an Associates Degree in Physical Therapy and a second Associate’s Degree in Humanities. After that I studied literature, women's studies, and philosophy at the University of Rochester and Hartwick College, and completed a four-year degree in Literature and Writing from Empire State College.I am the recipient of a number of scholarships and writing awards, and served in Phi Theta Kappa as International President and later as Director of Regional Programs. Currently I work in the field of Physical Therapy, with home organization and writing as beloved second careers.FreeSpaces is my first published non-fiction work. I plan to publish more non-fiction as well as fiction. Some of these will include an narrative on my journey through the world of food issues, an historical fiction based on a family farm, tales of my years in Jamaica, and the background and stories of the women writers of the Gilded Age.view less