I am a professional grant writer with over 28 years experience. I have had the pleasure of working with some of the most creative theatres in the country, including:
The Alley Theatre in Houston, TX
A Noise Within
The Pasadena Playhouse, and
24th STreet Theatre in Los Angeles.
As a fundraiser, I have been deep in the trenches of the arts education battle. I have seen first hand the power of the arts in engaging disenfranchised young people. I am strongly committed to writing about and for the arts through grant appeals and my blog.
I am the author of a new children's book series, Cub Bear Butler, that connects kids to nature through a time-traveling Bigfoot. Based on an old Southern legend, Cub Bear Butler takes children on magical, historical, and sometimes scary adventures in the wilderness. The books combine my love of the arts with a passion for nature, and my desire to instill both in the minds of young readers.
When not writing, I am performing with two local theatres, the Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre and Sierra Classic Theatre, in my beautiful hometown of Mammoth Lakes, CA., where I live with my husband, a cat, and much wildlife that roams outside our house.