I am an African American woman born and raised in Westchester County, NY.  I am the youngest of seven children. While my brothers and sisters where off creating their own lives, I was at home alone with my wild imagination to keep me company. From a very early age I suffered from frequent asthma attacks which kept me isolated from the outside world. On any given day, if I felt well enough, I could be found doodling, making forts for me and my dolls in the TV room or acting out elaborate scenes from my favorite TV shows and creating or designing with whatever was around.   

I developed an interest in making jewelry, collage and painting in my

teens. At the age of 24 I married an amazing man that grew up in the same neighborhood as I did.  While my husband was building his career in Information Technology I was exploring different avenues of creativity and working  for a well known fashion design company in NYC.  After a few years we became the happy parents of identical twin daughters and subsequently moved to Orange County, NY, at which time my creative energy turned to parenting.  As my daughters grew up I became more involved in my profession as an artist and  taught myself the techniques that I am using to date, while my husband was providing the foundation for all of us to grow from.  Our daughters reflect the influences of the comingling of Art and Science in our family (one daughter will pursue a life in science and the other in a life of art).

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