I graduated from University of Washington in 1987 with a BA in Accounting and Finance and worked as a CPA licensed in the State of Washington for Bader Martin Ross & Smith, P.S. and its predecessor firm from 1987 to 2005. I worked in the small business group and managed a staff of accounting techs doing bookkeeping for small businesses in a variety of industries. I worked with employees and clients on training and process improvements in addition to compliance reporting. I am currently a retired member of AICPA.
I retired in 2005 and started teaching various jewelry classes through the Green Valley Lapidary and Silversmithing Club. I was certified in Precious Metal Clay by Rio Grande and began teaching classes through the club for Green Valley Recreation. I completed an Enameling Basics class through Rio Grande 2010 and currently teach enameling classes for the Club. I took my first Painting With Fire class from Barbara Lewis in 2011 and completed her certification class in February 2014. I am licensed by her to teach her patented process of enameling and now teach her certification classes.