A little bit about me:

Three things I’m passionate about are travel, children and photography. During my lifetime, I have had unique opportunities to work and play in ways that influence these passions and which have afforded me an ability to share my view of the world.

I first experienced life “across the pond” when I backpacked with a friend for 8 weeks in 7 different countries. By traveling to places foreign to my every day experience, I find that it is often difference that lures me, but similarity that I find. We are all more alike than different.

I’ve worked in educational settings with young children and teachers, and my conviction is that that we learn best when that which interests us can be identified and explored. I believe that this requires us to be curious, to risk and to find joy in small pleasures . Pursuing interest and opportunity can help guide where we work, with whom we interact and to what extent we take responsibility for how our lives unfold.

Working for many years with a professional photographer, I learned the value of “seeing”; not simply using a camera to record what was right in front of me but instead taking into consideration the role that light, shadow, color, texture and contrast play in what we see and how we convey meaning. I’ve come to believe that it is not necessarily the technically sound photo but the artistry that accompanies it that makes it great.

Following my passions has brought me to where I am today. Travel has allowed me a view of culture unlike my own and an understanding that the world is not so large, after all. Children/students have and continue to teach me about what is truly important and more importantly, what is not. With camera in hand, I can share not only what I have seen but also what it was that stopped me in the first place.