My List of Accomplishments
Aug. 2008-Present: Taking much needed down time to resolve personal, medical and spiritual issues before getting down to the serious work of living my life with style and grace.
August 2008: Completed The Gold Miner, which won 1st place at the Intermountain Fair.
Winter 2007: Guest-edited 14 book reviews for the International Endometriosis Association’s newsletter.
Sept 2007: I showed my work and tried to sell some at the Intermountain Fair, McArthur, CA
Sept. 2006: Beaded Hatband made for Floyd Buckskin won 3rd place at Intermountain Fair, McArthur, CA.
Sept. 2005: Beaded Hatband won 1st place at the Intermountain Fair, McArthur, CA.
May 2004: Relocated to the Intermountain area of northern California, not far from the Burney Falls.
April 12, 2003: Ordained by Universal Life Church
April 7, 1990: My adopted son was born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome to a meth-using birth mom, and my nightmare trip into motherhood began. This will be the subject of my first non-fiction book that I will self-publish and sell online after my legal separation is final.
Complete List of Educational Background:
August 2002-2003: First semester of graduate studies completed and second semester half-completed at CSU-Chico. Forced to withdraw from formal studies due to health issues.
May 2002: BA with Honors in the Major, Art/Art History Option, CSU-Chico
May 1999: AA with Honors, Art, Sierra College-NCC
May 1999: AA with Honors, Liberal Studies, Sierra College-NCC
Oct. 1993: EMT-1A Course Completed-CA State Certification #7691 issued March 1994
Oct. 1991: Paralegal Certificate Awarded, PCDI, # L902987
Dec. 1988: New Mexico State Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, registry #27675 issued
June 1987: National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians-Ambulance, registry #A283181
Dec. 1986: USDOT-EMT/Basic training course, UNM School of Medicine
Aug 1986: NM State Fire Marshal’s Medical First Responder Course completed
June 1975: High School Diploma Awarded-Valley High School, Santa Clara, CA
Sept 1971-May 1974: Yerba Buena High School, San Jose, CA
Awards, Honors, Exhibitions and/or Some Extra Curricular Activities:
Dec. 2005: Self-published my first two chapbooks of poetry, Microcosm/Macrocosm and Some Bad Attitude Days.
Summer 2003: “They’ll Ride Again (Tribute to The Highwaymen)” published in The Best Poems and Poets of 2003, published by the ILP, ISBN-0-7951-5245-0
Jan. 2002: International Poet of Merit Award, given by the International Society of Poets
Dec. 2001: TMCC Writer’s Conference Poetry Scholarship Awarded for amount of $349.00 to cover Full tuition for the TMCC Writer’s Conference, March 14-17, in Reno, NV.
Oct. 2001: Poem “Take Back The Night” written and read for the Take Back The Night event hosted by the CSUC Women’s Center
Oct. 2001: Selected by the International Library of Poetry as one of the Best Poets of 2001, with publication of “Beware The Fall”, a new poem, to be included in The Best Poems and Poets of 2001 , ISBN-0-7951-5174-8.
Oct. 2001: Poem “Listening To My Heart” selected as a semi-finalist in the International Open Poetry Contest, to be published in the anthology Under A Quicksilver Moon, ISBN-0-7951-5065-2, due out in 2002.
Sept. 2001: Donation of mounted and framed poetry to the Association for Christian Character Development’s Heritage Dinner and Silent Auction.
May 2001: Re-Entry Scholarship, University Scholarship Committee in the amount of $500.00
May 2001: Selection of poem “My Faith” for Editor’s Choice Award, (ILP), with publication in The World Awaits, ISBN 0-7951-5002-4
March 2001: Became a ‘Distinguished Member’ of the International Society of Poets
Jan. 2001: Selection of poem “The Race” for Editor’s Choice Award, (ILP), with publication in Treasures To Discover , ISBN 1-58235-546-0
Jan-Sept 2001: Editor of “The Backporch News”, newsletter for the Nevada County Horsemen’s Association
Nov. 2000: The poem ‘The Race” presented at CSUC Multicultural Night in Laxson Auditorium
May 2000: Awarded the Sarah Frisbee Hamilton Scholarship in the amount of $550.00
March 2000: Inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society, #t980418
Jan. 1999-June 2001: Parent moderator for the National Adoption Center’s website, Adoptnet.org.
April 1998: Awarded the Fritz Blodgett Memorial Scholarship-Sierra College
April 1998: Awarded the Lee Rollin Memorial Art Scholarship-Sierra College
Aug, 1997: Award of Merit-California State Fair-Original beaded picture “Changes”
Aug. 1996: Best of Show Award, 1st place and an Award of Merit from the Nevada County Fair, for “Changes”
Aug. 1996: Award of Merit-California State Fair-Original beaded picture “Thanksgiving”
Jan-Dec 1996: President of Sierra Writers and Editor of Communique (group’s newsletter), Grass Valley, CA