Learned to ski on the slopes of Idaho and became a snow ski instructor.
Employed as a school Dentist, by the Swiss government, to provide dentistry to children from kindergarten ages to seniors in high school in the small, rural city of Schaffhausen, Switzerland for three years.
Received her DDS degree in 1981 from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. and her MFA degree in Theatre from Cal Arts/FSU Asolo Conservatory in Sarasota, FL in 1987.
As a world traveler some of her destinations have included the Pyramids in Cairo, (via Camel), the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, safari trips to the Maasai Mara in Kenya, Okavango Delta in Botswana, and climbing Mt. Fuji.