She has attended several writing classes at The Loft Literary Center and has been writing poetry for most of her life. Her interests are travel, wine, Art museums and music. Her most recent adventure was driving through the entire state of Oregon in search of waterfalls, the Redwoods and visiting the Pacific Ocean. She received an award for her poem “Split Rock Shoreline,” from the Dakota county library poetry contest in April 2015. She lives in Hastings, MN with her mini dachshund Uma and her cat Sylvie.