Her poems have also been published in Shark Reef where she has served as co-editor for poetry. She received her doctorate in Psychology from the University of Louisville and practiced as a private psychotherapist for 30 years in Louisville, KY and Edmonds, WA. After retiring, she moved to an island in the San Juans where she shares a new home with her wife and two dogs. She has found inspiration for her poetry from her beautiful Northwest surroundings, from the inner world of dreams, from stories of suffering and survival, as well as from other poets.