I'm a writer/photographer and teacher of writing and yoga. My education continues, but includes an MA (Communications) from the Annenberg School at Penn, and an MFA in Fiction from Vermont College (2007). I've been employed as a journalist, editor, college film and writing professor, cocktail waitress, bartender, file clerk, life guard, babysitter, publicist, business consultant, nonprofit director, curator and art show organizer, among other jobs. For twenty years, I ran an award-winning design/public relations firm which I started, along with a small press and a neighborhood revitalization nonprofit. Now, I focus on creative writing and art, and I'm working on an artistic memoir of my mother's Cape May art. I'm grateful to my community and family of supportive and inspiring artists and friends. My greatest blessing comes from my husband, the talented writer/artist/muse Paul Stridick, and my pets!